Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.5% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 15:38
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 601 57% 474 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 40.8 27% 34.7 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 35.8 26% 30.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 85 92 85 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 333 Write 290 Mixed 253 SusWrite 91.9 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 15.8 101% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 33.8 67% 134 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 133 139 135 139 141 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 88.5 Write 148 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 137 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FD2 1x8GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 14 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 8,261 samples	6x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $347

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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