Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	39.7% 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	145% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). 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	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 02:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 18.7 2-Core 107 37% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 185 20% 158 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.7% Below average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 56.9 Parallax 48.2 44% 52.8 fps	MRender 52.8 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 13 14 16 15 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,692 Write 20 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 13.7 92% 442 MB/s	4K Read 185 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 3.7 286% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 282%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 49 54 61 49 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 35 Write 68.3 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 52.1 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2800C15-4GVRB 0420 F4-2133C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2800C15-4GVRB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 77%

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16