Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	116% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 20:27
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 239 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 829 77% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,089 67% 1,089 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 116% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 407 430 426 396 417 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 467 Mixed 396 SusWrite 415 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 54.3 179% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 344 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 589GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 91 SusWrite 118 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 164 161 168 167 157 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 165 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 205% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 104%

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 $95Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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