Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '16 at 03:12
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 35.1 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 37.4 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 23%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MK1059GSMP 1TB 2,256 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 624GB free (System drive) Firmware: GU001J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 9034 (0A) Spinup retry count 141 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1172 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1767 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 177049 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634118694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 76 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3497 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 334 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	33.5% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 55.3 Mixed 60.7 45% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.12 27% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 28.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

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	62x
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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