Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	402% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (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	20180709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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 i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 791 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.2 84% 103 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 87.4 74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 771GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2290 2373 2350 2418 2419 2415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	402% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 2,433 Mixed 1,221 SusWrite 2,378 482% 2,145 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 81.1 282% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1671 DQ Write 1,371 DQ Mixed 1,450 1,105% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 402% Great: 425%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 88 87 88 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 81.2 Write 78 Mixed 56 SusWrite 85.9 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.4 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 30.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	119x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

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