Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 12:05
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 602 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 74.3 62% 75.5 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.8 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 416 394 352 335 342 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 398 SusWrite 342 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.6 208% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 67 63 61 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 82.3 Write 64.5 Mixed 28 SusWrite 63.7 13% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 2% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 570GB free, PID ac30 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 84 90 89 86 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 63 Write 85.8 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 87.1 114% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 26.7 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $966

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