Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	211% 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	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.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 657 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 507 486 496 485 493 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,013 Write 1,163 Mixed 721 SusWrite 499 242% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 57.3 217% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 452 412% 657 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 283%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 169 171 161 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 190 Mixed 117 SusWrite 167 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 351% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 123%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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