Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	81.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 85.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 788 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 109 90% 111 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 101 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 180GB-$122 410 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 109 141 157 161 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 295 Write 214 Mixed 258 SusWrite 147 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.7 161% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 131 126% 201 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 930GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 100 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 57%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 196 198 196 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 143 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 194 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

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