Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 155 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 982 99% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,299 80% 1,299 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 80.5 67% 82.4 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 76.3 62% 76 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 207 206 200 202 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 490 Mixed 245 SusWrite 206 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.1 187% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 274 220% 311 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 212GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 112 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.2 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 31.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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