Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	99.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 05:18
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 261 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 444 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7998) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.25 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2144 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 106 82% 104 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 96.5 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 165 167 164 165 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 447 Mixed 358 SusWrite 192 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.5 181% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 264% 343 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 871GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 89 90 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 85.8 Mixed 64 SusWrite 88.7 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 185GB free Firmware: VM100-33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 55 56 55 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 55.3 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 104%

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 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $600

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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