Powerspec PowerSpec

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Powerspec PowerSpec (all builds)
Motherboard	ASRock Z170 Gaming K6
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '16 at 03:13
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 669 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 72.3 65% 78.1 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 845DC EVO 480GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT03X3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 48 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8789 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1265895097 (F2) Unknown 99 99 403904416 (FA) Read error retry rate 99 99 1	85.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 398 Mixed 449 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 30.8 126% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 104 68% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21491286307 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 154620067870 (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 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 180 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 58%

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System: Powerspec PowerSpec

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	113x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	46x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	51x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	18x
M600 SATA M.2 512GBMicronBench 101%, 1,030 samples	18x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	124x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	42x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	21x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $403

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 $177	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