Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370M DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171218
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 145 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 296 35% 272 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 3.59 3% 4.77 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 4.37 Splatting 8 5% 6.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 7%
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 59.3 41% 53.3 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 36.6 35% 44.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 40%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 526GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 141 151 132 166 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 167 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 144 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD44G240081 2x4GB 1,738 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	28x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	29x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	24x

Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $318

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