Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.5% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201209
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 11:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 747 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 59.6 0% 42.2 fps	MRender 54.5 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 52.4 45% 55.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 59GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 13 25 44 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 402 Write 291 Mixed 212 SusWrite 75.7 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 13.5 44% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 58%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 113 Mixed 368 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 54.9 184% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 363 276% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH2OA420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 47 43 34 55 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 43.1 44% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 72%
Tandberg RDX 500GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 121GB free Firmware: 0044 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 25 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 22.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 25.7 18% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 96.7 41% 96.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	43x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	42x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	55x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	38x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	34x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,058

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16