Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$250 712,312 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)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 790 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 78.6 75% 86.2 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 69.7 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47247982637 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 50 214748364840 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64425164815 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 89 (EA) Unknown 100 100 212 (F1) Unknown 253 253 140 (F2) Unknown 253 253 73 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.7% Above average	Read 492 Write 195 Mixed 293 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 5.87 62% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 6.83 59% 133 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 78%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 22GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 23.4 Write 7.47 Mixed 11.8 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 1.37 123% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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