Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.51% 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.
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-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 05:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 440 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6618 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 6.75 6% 7.79 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 14 8% 8.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 128GB-$76 223 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 417 Mixed 211 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 38 115% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 259 182% 235 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 110GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 144 145 146 151 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 141 Write 138 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 147 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 0616 DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 0616 DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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