Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 03:48
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 143 2-Core 268 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 711 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 85.4 75% 88.1 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 69.7 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 1,241 Mixed 1,393 301% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 33.3 178% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 959 DQ Mixed 31.1 249% 570 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 104%

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 90%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	13x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $803

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