Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	272% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 12:28
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 835 80% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 206 Parallax 201 156% 200 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 188 Splatting 132 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 744GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1657 918 1066 1135 1131 1131 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 2,253 Mixed 1,524 SusWrite 1,173 406% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 78.1 256% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 323 325% 544 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 483GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 164 178 181 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 81.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 175 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB 2,286 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 547GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 89 Write 36.7 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 87.1 81% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

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