Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% 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 Drive	222% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 11:11
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 192 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 597 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 105 Parallax 148 79% 117 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 74.1 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1132 740 665 656 646 636 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,002 Write 1722 Mixed 721 SusWrite 746 289% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 58.3 203% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 707 539% 733 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 302%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 450GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 141 141 139 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 124 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 140 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 35.8 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	8x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	9x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $961

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16