Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 202 86% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 724 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 863E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.7 62% 74 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.4 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 825 827 816 809 815 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,053 Write 909 Mixed 682 SusWrite 824 246% 1,117 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 56.1 226% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 97.9 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 310 208% 243 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,510 Write 8,416 Mixed 8,540 1,899% 8,489 MB/s	4K Read 506 4K Write 264 4K Mixed 338 1,339% 369 MB/s	DQ Read 755 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 394 420% 689 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 0.3 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 6.5 7% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.3 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.1 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

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