Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	20% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS ULTRA GAMING 2.0-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 19:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 665 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 104% 118 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 81% 97.3 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 34 55 85 60 6.3 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20% Very poor	Read 133 Write 58 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 49.9 16% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 8.1 36% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 13.6 12% 17.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 206GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 142 140 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 144 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	36x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	31x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 81%, 84,291 samples	25x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $684

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