Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 808 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.67 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 7%
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: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.7 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 71.1 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 336 336 336 336 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,302 Write 1,459 Mixed 932 SusWrite 368 279% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 85.8 299% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 1,012 794% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 280%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 223GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 153 147 156 167 156 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.2% Very good	Read 256 Write 241 Mixed 191 SusWrite 158 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.9 139% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 157 127% 177 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 656GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 157 158 157 159 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 176 Mixed 118 SusWrite 143 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 28 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GBXPGBench 246%, 21,659 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $588

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