Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 12:39
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 793 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 169 164 168 161 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 431 Mixed 376 SusWrite 193 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 57.2 207% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 51.2 98% 191 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 668GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 102 101 104 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 102 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 28 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,049

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