Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	202% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 05:19
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 809 75% 626 Pts	64-Core 1105 68% 1105 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.1 90% 108 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 430 428 426 426 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 400 Mixed 330 SusWrite 428 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.8 162% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 154 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 311 308 307 302 299 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,850 Write 1,384 Mixed 502 SusWrite 358 226% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 48.8 195% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 763 657% 966 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 134 134 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 133 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 20.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $629

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