Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	86.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 241 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 779 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 88% 108 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 85.6 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 153 98 138 164 167 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 423 Write 402 Mixed 337 SusWrite 172 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 41.3 140% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 200 188% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 178GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 68 55 50 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 58 Write 70.7 Mixed 43 SusWrite 61.2 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	427x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

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