Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	LCA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 197 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 344 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.9 38% 43 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.1 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 55 55 53 49 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 402 Write 366 Mixed 290 SusWrite 87.9 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 23.4 129% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 138 136% 212 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 73 74 71 77 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 85.4 Write 81.9 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 73.5 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBR2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FADP 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	16x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	11x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $466

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