Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 02:08
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BHS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 415 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 68.9 67% 77 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 72.1 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 390 154 111 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 411 Mixed 326 SusWrite 189 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 237 197% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.3 Write 71 Mixed 55.8 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 180 152 155 163 155 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 173 Mixed 77 SusWrite 157 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 179% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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) $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