Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.66% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX H270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '19 at 09:56
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 70.1 1-Core 39.8 2-Core 70.8 40% 60.2 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 519 59% 459 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 530 8 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.78 7% 9.22 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 54 61 60 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 81 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 61 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 108%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 109 115 112 105 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 86.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 106 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 86%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 130 133 131 126 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 94 Write 97 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 128 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 67.5 Write 49.3 Mixed 55.5 71% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 80% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 4x8GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 21 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 98%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $759

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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