Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.1% 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	135% 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	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 514 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.7 83% 104 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 86 74% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 434 472 483 487 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 383 SusWrite 458 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65 226% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 134 Write 23.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 22.3 56% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 3 173% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $520

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