Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A34
Motherboard	MSI B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A34) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 10:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 659 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1572 MHz, MLim: 1771 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 83.2 67% 86.8 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 73.7 64% 79.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,854 Write 1,496 Mixed 535 285% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.8 172% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 572 463% 660 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 138 130 133 137 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 63.2 Write 107 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 130 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 197% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 203 195 201 204 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Nikon 61GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 43GB free, PID 0c55 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 205 209 210 210 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 25% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 33.1 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 27 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $376

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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