Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 703 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 87% 107 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 92.8 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 152 150 152 149 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 470 Mixed 366 SusWrite 182 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.8 224% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 296 293 296 293 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 464 Mixed 416 SusWrite 312 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 66.6 227% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 120 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 119 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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