Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	115% 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-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 3400G-$99 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 703 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 7B86) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 18 Parallax 32.7 17% 24 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 16 15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 385 410 411 417 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 487 Mixed 306 SusWrite 408 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 51.1 175% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 254 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 910GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 199 199 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 189 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 198 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.3 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	573x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	536x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	256x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	204x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	197x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	845x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	383x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	288x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $493

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16