Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.04% 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	215% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 855 76% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,188 74% 1,188 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% PNY(196E 0593) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.95 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 3.97 9% 8.39 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 6.7 6% 7.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,322 356% 1,608 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 24.6 146% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 21.1 27% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 31.8 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $915

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16