Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 396 45% 354 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 106% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 2,026 Write 1,402 Mixed 551 291% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 56.7 235% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,105 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 619 540% 813 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 146GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,402 Write 64.3 Mixed 144 320% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 661 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 9.2 1,016% 225 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 728GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,308 Write 57.8 Mixed 137 1,078% 1,501 MB/s	4K Read 685 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.7 28,772% 230 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $966

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