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Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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.
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 Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 16:34
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$148 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 650 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 177 Parallax 181 150% 181 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 156 Splatting 131 127% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 297 Mixed 404 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 53.8 181% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 387GB free Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2272 2261 2263 2257 2262 2255 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 2,573 Write 2,328 Mixed 2,127 SusWrite 2,262 523% 2,322 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73 249% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,184 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 1,053 781% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 623%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 780GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 139 139 140 137 139 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 192 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 137 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$40 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $187

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,516x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	673x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,405x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	859x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	779x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	634x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	583x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	246x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	576x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	395x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	313x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330