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Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 GE72VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160719
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 185 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 530 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Lighting 6.37 Reflection 60.4 Parallax 5.34 5% 24 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 12 7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7995488 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 799 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 64 274879283250 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 115965034523 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1081 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2102 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1917 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2131 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 477 Write 338 Mixed 265 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 11.9 80% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 10.6 37% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 449GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65315 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 244814053417 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	70.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 89.2 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 9905624-008.A00G 16GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 73%

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Typical MS-179B Builds (Compare 1,192 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	857x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	285x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	412x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	127x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	117x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

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