Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 797 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.42 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1154 1129 1217 1243 1195 1240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,821 Write 1,224 Mixed 569 SusWrite 1,196 268% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 66.3 234% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 851 684% 967 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 32GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,004 Write 1,259 Mixed 644 286% 1,302 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 71.5 252% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,340 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 872 729% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 455GB free Firmware: GN003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 76 77 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 69 Write 70.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 75.7 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 122%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	11x

SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 94%, 8,912 samples	6x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $760

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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