Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 00:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 709 69% 569 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 81 65% 81.9 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 67.1 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 140 158 169 167 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 386 Write 205 Mixed 218 SusWrite 157 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.7 170% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 134 117% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 625GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 91 87 91 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 77 SusWrite 88.9 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH M378A5143DB0-CPB M378A5143DB0-CPB 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 71%

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	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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