Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190404
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	407 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 280 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 897 86% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,148 71% 1,148 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 72.2 60% 73 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 74.4 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 430 435 435 436 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 462 Mixed 425 SusWrite 437 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 67.7 224% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 229 192% 278 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 613GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 187 188 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 145 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 186 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $846

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