Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, 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	111% 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-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 651 63% 520 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 73.5 65% 78.8 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 396 420 432 439 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 460 Mixed 383 SusWrite 418 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.1 163% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 53GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 222 208 205 190 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 402 Write 270 Mixed 317 SusWrite 206 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 26.1 82% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 124 103% 152 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%
Monster Overdrive 3.0 126GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 117GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 248 219 271 225 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 237 Write 96.5 Mixed 126 SusWrite 246 228% 176 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.6 76% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	10x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $843

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16