Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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	3.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 700 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 377.83 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.83 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 4.15 Parallax 3.44 3% 3.75 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 2.78 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF180A5L 180GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 73 116 109 101 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 338 Write 99.7 Mixed 145 SusWrite 102 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 16.8 65% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 49.7 DQ Mixed 52.7 50% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 81%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 692GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 46.8 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 94.4 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 5,767 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x

RAM
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

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