Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 09:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 566 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 103% 126 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
RBU-SNS8350DES3128GP 128GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: S4040105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 128 131 133 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 438 Mixed 349 SusWrite 134 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 45.5 168% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 139 137% 221 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 98%
KSQ128 128GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 79GB free Firmware: T181207 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 41 40 41 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 450 Write 444 Mixed 391 SusWrite 54.7 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 33.9 133% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 140 123% 178 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01KB2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 44 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 180 Write 42.8 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 43.5 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 28.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	10x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $893

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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