Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 07:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 633 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 116 89% 114 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.6 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 227 213 208 214 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 420 Mixed 250 SusWrite 223 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 38.3 145% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 174 167% 266 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 62GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 178 221 221 191 172 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 323 Write 423 Mixed 150 SusWrite 213 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 41.7 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 136 151% 257 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 822GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 87 85 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 82 SusWrite 85.7 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

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