Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	300% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 233 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 936 80% 684 Pts	64-Core 2,314 143% 2,314 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 174 Parallax 157 120% 159 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 107 100% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 2TB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2280 2147 1191 1166 1185 1191 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,074 Write 2176 Mixed 1,610 SusWrite 1,527 416% 1,847 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 74.6 257% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 950 711% 952 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 371%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2168 2164 1158 1139 1155 1143 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,103 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,575 SusWrite 1,488 412% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 81.1 271% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1056 DQ Write 765 DQ Mixed 896 673% 906 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 10 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 164%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

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