Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	132% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 00:09
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 595 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 121% 143 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 453 535 525 537 541 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 666 Write 543 Mixed 416 SusWrite 486 118% 528 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 172% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 368 312% 470 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 243%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 202GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 832 821 822 835 824 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,432 Write 2,313 Mixed 1,788 SusWrite 871 414% 1,851 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 75.3 279% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 924 662% 854 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 355%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 552GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 96.4 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 91 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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