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Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 20:55
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 684 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 122% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$25 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115D0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 66 61 90 136 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,455 Write 403 Mixed 532 SusWrite 128 137% 630 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 31.3 226% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 322 263% 372 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 228%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 364GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 108GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 259 265 181 126 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 376 Write 226 Mixed 228 SusWrite 223 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 50.1 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 93%
USB Flash Disk 64GB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 60GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 3.7 3.7 25 8 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 89.2 Write 6.5 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 11.5 35% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2 132% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 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	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 99%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	182x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	129x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	105x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	28x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

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