Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z270X-DESIGNARE
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 03:19
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 254 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 702 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 108 97% 119 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 118 Splatting 98.2 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 105 36 79 40 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 424 Write 221 Mixed 310 SusWrite 87.9 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 1.2 76% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 26.3 50% 108 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 109GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 942 770 672 622 581 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,977 Write 1,824 Mixed 1,365 SusWrite 791 333% 1,489 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 77.1 257% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,513 DQ Write 1,189 DQ Mixed 1,318 995% 1340 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 372%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 384GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 75 79 73 81 80 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.1% Below average	Read 225 Write 103 Mixed 85 SusWrite 131 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 10.8 47% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 192 131% 152 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 4,066 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 121%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	5x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $567

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16