Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming WIFI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170921
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 842 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 169 Parallax 163 141% 168 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 146 Splatting 106 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 396 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.8 200% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 155 125% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 520GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 104 88 82 114 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 164 Write 148 Mixed 75 SusWrite 99.4 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 8,909 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 81%, 93,353 samples	16x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	14x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $795

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