Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.3% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 225 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 732 79% 627 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 3744) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 13.2 9% 11.8 fps	MRender 15 Gravity 13.8 Splatting 14.8 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 496GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 9.3 50 91 151 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 466 Write 84.3 Mixed 246 SusWrite 88.2 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 17.9 28% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 132 165 175 181 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 170 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 121 141 155 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 125 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 150 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 253% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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