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Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 00:42
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 707 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7998) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4568 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.91 6% 8.99 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.2 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 480GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 290 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1157 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8826 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4628	96.5% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 347 Mixed 385 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 77.8 114% 212 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 63GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 16 61673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4594 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 70.5 Write 69.9 Mixed 67.5 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 65%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 24GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 32.2 Mixed 16.7 33% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 97%

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Gaming

Gaming 19%

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Desktop

Desktop 79%

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Workstation

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998)

CPU
Xeon E3-1230 v5IntelBench 77%, 2,254 samples	9x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples	5x
Xeon E3-1275 v5IntelBench 78%, 368 samples	4x

GPU
Quadro P600NvidiaBench 16%, 3,885 samples	3x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x

SSD
S3 2T00 2TBSandiskBench 99%, 7,927 samples	3x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	3x
Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCorsair $164Bench 314%, 35,257 samples	3x

RAM
9965669-001.A01G 9965669-006.A02G 16GBKingstonBench 73%, 5 samples	4x
9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 48GBKingstonBench 71%, 5 samples	3x
Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 9,293 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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