Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 193 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 365 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 65.2 50% 64.6 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 53.9 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU655 240GB 2,317 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 121GB free Firmware: S0212B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 312 132 40 42 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 456 Write 405 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 130 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 1.2 83% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 1.3 62% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 46 61 57 56 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 87 Write 95.3 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 58.8 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.C8FN 0420 DDR4 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR4 2400 2OZ 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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