Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	110% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 12:11
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 480 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 131 Parallax 146 113% 138 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 109 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 470 Mixed 370 SusWrite 147 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.6 208% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 32GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 192 189 209 209 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 261 Mixed 287 SusWrite 201 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.4 172% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 145 137% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 98.9 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2560 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 95%

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16