Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% 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	115% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 22:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 593 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.2 76% 97.6 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 93.9 76% 92.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 452 453 472 475 473 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 460 Mixed 352 SusWrite 459 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 50.9 166% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 136 135 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 146 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 135 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2667, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

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 $40Bench 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 $40	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