Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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-7C79
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '21 at 20:09
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 1,079 98% 823 Pts	64-Core 1646 102% 1646 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.6% Very good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.9 72% 92.9 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 85.7 Splatting 78.3 68% 84.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 1748 1680 201 236 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,483 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,584 SusWrite 836 335% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 76.6 259% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 1,094 821% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 295%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 182 178 184 181 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.8FE 2x8GB 5,496 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 25.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 30.4 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,400x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	616x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	562x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	772x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	521x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	486x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,064

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