Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '16 at 13:32
Run Duration	424 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 731 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 135 Parallax 134 123% 140 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 139 Splatting 92.2 90% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 1,427 Mixed 1,530 368% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 238 4K Mixed 61.2 276% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 245 296% 535 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 283%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 6.32 Mixed 5.57 11% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.04 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 15% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 7%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 0GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	5.41% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 7.85 Mixed 12.2 15% 13 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.41% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 123%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	179x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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