Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.3% 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	88.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 17:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 708 68% 563 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 37.9 25% 33.2 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 35.1 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 135 123 89 85 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 474 Write 406 Mixed 80 SusWrite 137 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 135 146% 245 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 260GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 112 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 10.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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