Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.9% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 23:38
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 68.2 49% 70.2 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 277 25% 212 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.7 39% 44.9 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 42 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 332 340 349 349 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 391 Write 336 Mixed 240 SusWrite 334 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 13.5 75% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 82.6 94% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 132 133 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 171 Mixed 105 SusWrite 132 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 PSD34G160081 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	6x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $227

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16