Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 428 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 16 Parallax 16.9 16% 17.5 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 16.8 16% 19.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 68 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 72.4 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 86 79 86 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 444 Mixed 375 SusWrite 118 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.9 198% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 323 245% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 195 197 195 200 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 118 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 196 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 269GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 96 Write 98.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 106 121% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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