Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 22:21
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 671 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 201 Parallax 192 179% 204 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 148 Splatting 132 124% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 97 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 128 Write 134 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 97.4 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 44 68 112 132 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 156 Write 127 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 91.4 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 168GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 109 112 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 109 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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