Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	130% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 491 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 97% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 98.1 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 393 360 370 373 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 464 Mixed 416 SusWrite 380 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.7 226% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 133 133 132 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 418 Write 155 Mixed 196 SusWrite 133 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.1 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 119 104% 156 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 144GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 187 189 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 88.5 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 184 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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