Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 436 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39.1 37% 42.9 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 740 746 747 748 744 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,129 Write 1,113 Mixed 998 SusWrite 738 224% 995 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65.3 224% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 1,061 DQ Mixed 1,063 802% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 228%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 270GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 408 433 440 439 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 444 Mixed 351 SusWrite 407 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.6 183% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 163 166% 272 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 111%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 782GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 92 Mixed 68 SusWrite 97.4 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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