Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 10:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 225 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 607 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 119 67% 86.5 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 75.7 63% 77 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 123 86 62 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 738 Write 238 Mixed 235 SusWrite 103 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 28.7 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 159 148% 234 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 31GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,583 Write 6,022 Mixed 6,149 1,396% 6,251 MB/s	4K Read 500 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 304 1,275% 348 MB/s	DQ Read 1,207 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 887 674% 922 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 290GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 148 169 170 155 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 155 Mixed 100 SusWrite 159 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.5 312% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	10x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $843

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16