Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 650 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 78 79 84 82 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 77.2 Write 72.7 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 77.8 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 174%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 9GB free Firmware: PB3OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 56 38 43 65 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 48.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 54.7 33% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 42%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 87GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 68 68 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 48.7 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 67.7 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 28.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	48x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,205

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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