Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	99.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 14:19
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 870 85% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 107% 134 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 129 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 85 83 86 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 415 Mixed 397 SusWrite 114 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 257 214% 308 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 230GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 112 109 107 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 118 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 107 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 121%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 98 101 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 90.7 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 98.2 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2400C15/8G 32GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	105x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	93x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	92x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $844

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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