Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 106%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	176% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 14:28
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$330 59,004 User benchmarks, average bench 111% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	SC Int 133 SC Float 138 SC Mixed 135 108% 135 Pts	QC Int 522 QC Float 542 QC Mixed 516 119% 526 Pts	MC Int 959 MC Float 1147 MC Mixed 1,084 159% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$799 105,578 User benchmarks, average bench 154% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Lighting 560 Reflection 556 Parallax 648 183% 588 fps	MRender 291 Gravity 558 Splatting 312 171% 387 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 178%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$270 31,005 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 897GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 252 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1510 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4908243921	91.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 398 Mixed 416 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 36.6 142% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 25.1 31% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,099 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 29 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 34.2 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 130%

UFO

Desktop 132%

UFO

Workstation 120%

UFO

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 230%, 50,173 samples	460x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 91,436 samples	378x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $325Bench 260%, 19,482 samples	359x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 86%, 12,867 samples	242x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 2,552 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	121x

Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,801

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12