Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	461.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 01:46
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 635 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 86.2 75% 90.8 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 68.4 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 872 645 603 583 564 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 1,788 Mixed 821 SusWrite 790 314% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 63.7 228% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 1,067 DQ Mixed 1,088 841% 1,152 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 464 475 477 476 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 469 Mixed 413 SusWrite 471 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.5 198% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 363 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 130%
ASMT 2115 480GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 48GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 196 9 6.1 2.3 35 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 231 Write 223 Mixed 213 SusWrite 79.8 246% 187 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 10.1 1,222% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 12.5 1,724% 22 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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