Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.1% 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	106% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 889 93% 747 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 121 104% 129 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 202 202 201 200 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 319 Mixed 210 SusWrite 204 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54.4 191% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 275 218% 307 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 242GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 117 119 120 105 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 109%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 233GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 61.5 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x4GB-$108 153 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 118%

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	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	140x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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