Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% 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	162% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A40
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (MS-7A40) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 06:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 667 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 37.1 32% 39.6 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 34.1 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20220012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 299 296 254 263 252 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 809 Write 1,107 Mixed 598 SusWrite 292 158% 702 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 68.2 239% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 732 582% 810 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 184%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 354GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 88 82 82 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 60.9 Write 85.4 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 83.9 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 42.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 38.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	41x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $641

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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