Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160621
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 16:52
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 279 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 797 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 113 93% 116 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.5 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 406GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 71 57 184684773405 (F1) Unknown 100 100 50940	83.3% Excellent	Read 518 Write 358 Mixed 353 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 9.85 101% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 47.4 98% 203 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 103%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,735 Write 1,374 Mixed 1,479 409% 1,862 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 47.4 235% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 223 253% 436 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 817 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $599

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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