Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 834 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1118 69% 1118 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 160 Parallax 136 129% 152 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 425 418 426 425 425 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,202 Write 626 Mixed 455 SusWrite 427 202% 928 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.7 178% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 967 DQ Mixed 383 369% 561 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 305 305 304 302 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 396 Write 394 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 305 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 1.7 15% 6.93 MB/s	DQ Read 8.5 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 9.9 8% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 426%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3636 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.6 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 117%

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 103%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	273x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,278

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