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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 (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.87% 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	94.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 02:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5 368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 656 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD P530 (Server Skylake) 5,499 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7998) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.24 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.5 9% 9.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Faspeed F510-120G 120GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 2677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 118 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14610 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (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 22824 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17073 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29220	94.9% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 358 Mixed 401 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.7 154% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 31.1 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 102%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2121 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 141 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 2x4GB 3,759 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 96%

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop

Desktop 79%

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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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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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