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Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
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PC StatusOverall 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!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 22 '22 at 16:22
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 47%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$133
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 114
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 445
59% 442 Pts
64-Core 439
27% 439 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑
This bench: 80.1%
 Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
Nvidia(10DE 119D)
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 108
Parallax 100
83% 103 fps
MRender 93.6
Gravity 99.1
Splatting 96.9
79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 81.6%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 81 98 98 100 100 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 245
Write 148
Mixed 181
SusWrite 94.6
37% 167 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 41.2
153% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 117
93% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑
This bench: 68.8%
 Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 205 213 213 214 213 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 173
Mixed 117
SusWrite 201
121% 165 MB/s
4K Read 5.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
256% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 106%
 Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
77.9% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 24.8
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 30.6
SC Mixed 23.9
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 77.9%
 Great: 78%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples300x
Core i7-6700Intel  $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples230x
Core i5-6600Intel  $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples195x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples164x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples113x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples112x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples24x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples49x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $401
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