Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 01:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 750 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 147 Parallax 140 155% 159 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 734 698 624 620 616 684 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,782 Write 1,351 Mixed 736 SusWrite 663 252% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 56.9 218% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,408 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 697 573% 848 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 332%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 115GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 434 440 438 403 340 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 474 Mixed 378 SusWrite 410 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.8 210% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 618GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 174 174 176 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 142 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 174 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 17.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 128%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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