Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	99.7% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 20:06
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 698 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7984) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.35% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.56 6% 8.88 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 421 416 417 416 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 431 Mixed 294 SusWrite 422 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.3 160% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 132 127% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 140 140 140 149 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	11.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 66.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 137 15% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 0.4 7% 4.03 MB/s	DQ Read 1.6 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 1.3 2% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 267%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 162GB free Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 380 355 357 382 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 362 Mixed 246 SusWrite 372 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 31.9 133% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 173 164% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD832A.M16FJ 2x16GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 113%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

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