Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 682 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 23GB free Firmware: R0522A1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 431 Mixed 392 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 17 131% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 97.2 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 20.6 58% 118 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 95%
Gigaram 480GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 326GB free Firmware: N1126F SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 281 281 281 280 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 281 Mixed 295 SusWrite 282 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.2 162% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 188 167% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 78 79 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 97.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 54.5 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 30.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $798

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