Monster ABRA A5 V8.1

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% 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	137% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Monster ABRA A5 V8.1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Baseboard_Manufacturer Baseboard_Product
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161028
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 199 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 544 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Device(1D05 1019) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8494 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 30.8 30% 34.4 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 25.6 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 27%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,159 Write 575 Mixed 754 183% 829 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 23.4 144% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 22 96% 211 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 157%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 641GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 19291374 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4832574 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 39603893437785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 672596005 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9582 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 8589934629 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67701569486633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1453245058 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2228317617 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.8% Average	Read 84.7 Write 77.1 Mixed 56.8 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 4.76 4K Mixed 0.24 147% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 67%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Monster ABRA A5 V8.1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	28x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	22x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	6x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	15x
SP550NS38 240GBAdataBench 76%, 1,419 samples	4x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $119Bench 128%, 20,782 samples	2x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	10x
F4 DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GBG.SKILLBench 40%, 458 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x

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Value: 26% - Poor

Total price: $49

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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