Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '20 at 11:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 212 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 652 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 111 88% 111 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 90.6 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 414 Mixed 373 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.9 149% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 188 182% 288 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 293GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 106 109 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 124 Write 105 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 106 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 80%

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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