Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	248% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	50.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 03:28
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 771 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 123 112% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,652 Write 1,330 Mixed 1,365 392% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 28.4 194% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 30.9 45% 80 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 267GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 153 Write 125 Mixed 125 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.83 162% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 238GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 120 Write 93.6 Mixed 80.7 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 6.81 4K Mixed 0.51 214% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 34.8 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 48.2 SC Mixed 33 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 135%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16