Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 04:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 306 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 842 91% 723 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 69.1 66% 76.3 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 373 385 400 402 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 444 Mixed 263 SusWrite 384 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 33.3 166% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 285 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 16.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 141 142 143 143 144 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 67 58 57 56 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 355 Mixed 348 SusWrite 82.1 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44 166% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 113 134% 233 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 105%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16