Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	46.2% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 115 55% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 326 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 40.6 26% 35.5 fps	MRender 46.7 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 34.3 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 88 76 90 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 340 Write 222 Mixed 149 SusWrite 84.2 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 21.9 75% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 85.7 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 82.8 64% 87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: AX002V SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 114 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 115 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 62%

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 $80Bench 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) $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