Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.86% 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	82.4% 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-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 497 68% 503 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 2330) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 3.41 8% 7.2 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 6 6% 6.93 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5743 (AA) Unknown 100 100 381 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4991 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1320	82.4% Excellent	Read 520 Write 353 Mixed 348 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 10.1 99% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 48.9 97% 199 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $613

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