Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 506 69% 512 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Asus(1043 04F5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.1 0% 28.7 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 48 Splatting 38.6 37% 46.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 278 273 268 269 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 491 Write 424 Mixed 232 SusWrite 276 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 36.5 123% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 211 180% 267 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 104%
WD Elements 25A2 500GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 356GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 76.6 Write 77.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 81.6 97% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 17 20 14 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 6 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 15.9 21% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 37% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 97%

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 59%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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