Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.2% 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	121% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 20:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 891 89% 725 Pts	64-Core 1,160 72% 1,160 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 140 Parallax 113 101% 126 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 117 Splatting 103 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 446 456 441 444 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 424 Mixed 421 SusWrite 446 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 56.8 187% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 266 225% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 195 196 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 170 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 196 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Seagate ST940210AS 40GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 27GB free Firmware: 3.ALC SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 42 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 41.8 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.1% 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	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

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