Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.43% 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	126% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 22:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 309 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 859 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 8.93 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 9.03 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 17.7 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 269 225 108 126 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 677 Write 785 Mixed 617 SusWrite 203 128% 570 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 55.8 218% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 311 279% 408 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 320GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 477 465 460 458 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 450 Mixed 381 SusWrite 464 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 68.3 233% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2782 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 28.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $993

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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