Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 788 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 117% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 91 65 63 59 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.7 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 67.9 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 96%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Read 33.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 4.7 10% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	19x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $469

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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