Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 08:27
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 61.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 80% 153 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 491 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 3.53 3% 4.32 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 6.52 4% 5.18 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 638 642 644 644 641 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,727 Write 1,569 Mixed 652 SusWrite 654 256% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 59.7 226% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 1,374 DQ Mixed 1,102 867% 1,186 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 885GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 120 122 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 466GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 104 105 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 48.5 Write 56.6 Mixed 58 SusWrite 104 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 97%

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 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $960

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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