Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	119% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 23:40
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 606 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 119 93% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 117 Splatting 97.4 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 339 315 314 316 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 397 SusWrite 342 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.9 198% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 125 124 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 124 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$115 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 27.9 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 113%

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $579

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16