Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 02:15
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 642 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 85.1 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 422 239 120 76 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 416 Mixed 402 SusWrite 211 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 48.6 159% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 313 237% 319 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 133%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 87GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 117 109 120 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 322 Write 133 Mixed 195 SusWrite 116 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 30.8 124% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 119 102% 149 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 411GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 101 97 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 29 SusWrite 98.7 60% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C15 4x8GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 166%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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