Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 20:40
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 417 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 92.4 84% 98 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 79.6 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 365 401 407 405 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 465 Write 352 Mixed 286 SusWrite 365 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 31.8 111% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 192 155% 227 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 188 193 193 192 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 177 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 185 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 249% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 109%
Kingston DT 101 G2 8GB 2,409 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 14 16 16 16 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 15.2 Mixed 11.9 SusWrite 13.8 20% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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