Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	112% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 04:41
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (49^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 617 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 82% 104 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 100 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 377 216 209 187 181 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 455 Mixed 394 SusWrite 266 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.4 193% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

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