Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.39% 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	185% 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-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '23 at 11:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 780 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 531.18 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.39% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 8.7 Parallax 9 8% 8.97 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 9.7 Splatting 9.1 7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 301 308 303 282 282 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,685 Write 1,077 Mixed 716 SusWrite 317 210% 949 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 61.4 201% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 790 592% 798 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 424GB free Firmware: SBFK66B5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 445 391 107 107 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 400 Write 113 Mixed 228 SusWrite 303 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 202 174% 254 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 615GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 153 156 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 141 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 155 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $965

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16