Monster ABRA A5 V11.1

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

CPU throttled at 60% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Monster ABRA A5 V11.1 (all builds)
Motherboard	MONSTER ABRA A5 V11.1
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	60%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 54 2-Core 108 50% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 295 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Clevo(1558 850A) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.37% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 1.38 1% 1.64 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 2.91 2% 2.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.37% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$76 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4297850912 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 59 176093659175 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42950000650 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 98 (EA) Unknown 100 100 304 (F1) Unknown 253 253 225 (F2) Unknown 253 253 156 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.5% Below average	Read 467 Write 112 Mixed 122 50% 234 MB/s	4K Read 8.37 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 2.71 24% 8.59 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 0.27 32% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 65 3830795 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 5409 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -86273008074609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59751585021933 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2398345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1432450 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 84.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.55 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.13 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 62%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V11.1

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	223x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	132x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	91x

SSD
Green SATA M.2 240GBWD $76Bench 52%, 5,323 samples	50x
SSDSCKKW256G8 256GBIntelBench 90%, 4,898 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	9x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	35x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	21x
F4 DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 39%, 1,390 samples	12x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $76

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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