Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 138% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	328% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	Micro-Star MS-7B51
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B51) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 76,026 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	1-Core 137 2-Core 265 95% 201 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 777 83% 647 Pts	64-Core 771 52% 771 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$399 506,553 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 217 Reflection 197 Parallax 235 57% 216 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 209 Splatting 146 59% 176 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$80 133,645 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2264 611 612 614 616 616 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,502 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,243 SusWrite 889 390% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 90.9 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,864 DQ Write 1,681 DQ Mixed 1,729 1,309% 1,758 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 324%
Patriot Torch 60GB-$30 96 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 15GB free Firmware: S9FM01.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 41 28 29 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 376 Write 69.8 Mixed 110 SusWrite 35.9 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 0 47% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 69.7 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 10 22% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$69 12,505 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 73 73 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 72.8 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 8,584 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 15.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 238,406 samples	617x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 290%, 60,466 samples	416x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 276%, 133,645 samples	406x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	1,151x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 154,422 samples	444x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 81%, 31,567 samples	347x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $915

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24