Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 22:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 797 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 75.6 72% 83.9 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 84.6 66% 80.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 611 607 610 605 594 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,692 Write 1,695 Mixed 605 SusWrite 638 258% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 54 263% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 986 DQ Write 1,436 DQ Mixed 66.3 371% 830 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 164GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 456 442 462 461 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 464 Mixed 373 SusWrite 453 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.6 159% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 36.2 93% 194 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 136 138 136 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 142 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 136 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 13.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16