Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.35% 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	240% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 08:48
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 66 User benchmarks, average bench 91% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 868 85% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 053C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 2.84 7% 6.61 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 5.57 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 449GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,724 Mixed 1,641 402% 1,805 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 28 168% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 27.2 36% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 353%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Read 34.6 Write 5.56 Mixed 8.22 15% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.33 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $121Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $624

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16