Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	251% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 21:28
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 410 53% 401 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 41.2 28% 35.3 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 36 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1197 406 405 410 411 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,133 Write 1,830 Mixed 1,379 SusWrite 540 328% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 83.7 281% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,097 801% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 302%
Hitachi HUA722010ALA330 1TB 4,323 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 789GB free Firmware: JP4ONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 132 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 67 SusWrite 132 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

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