Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	99.7% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 08:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 686 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 903 56% 903 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 140 113% 143 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 49 48 50 49 51 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 468 Mixed 311 SusWrite 78.6 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.3 191% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 328 254% 349 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 396GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 111 108 107 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 151 Write 106 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 109 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 137 137 135 138 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 136 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 4x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x

RAM
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

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