Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 541 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.8 86% 107 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 259 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 168	64.9% Good	Read 518 Write 287 Mixed 320 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 6.42 76% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 8.05 41% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 91%

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 (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	12x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	5x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	5x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $863

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