Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 121%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	124% 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	132% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 04:21
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$356 284,422 User benchmarks, average bench 107% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	SC Int 148 SC Float 158 SC Mixed 146 120% 151 Pts	QC Int 571 QC Float 637 QC Mixed 608 137% 605 Pts	MC Int 1,053 MC Float 1,323 MC Mixed 1,182 177% 1186 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$440 449,288 User benchmarks, average bench 123% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 376 Reflection 366 Parallax 394 118% 379 fps	MRender 237 Gravity 393 Splatting 246 128% 292 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$99 331,339 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 475 488 495 490 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 464 Mixed 411 SusWrite 478 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 62.3 217% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$86 57,536 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.6 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 126%

UFO

Desktop 123%

UFO

Workstation 112%

UFO

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 127,708 samples	2,085x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 216%, 85,368 samples	1,828x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $133Bench 268%, 80,807 samples	1,428x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $115Bench 90%, 63,905 samples	2,344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 87%, 184,619 samples	1,929x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $99Bench 84%, 31,472 samples	972x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,549

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $601	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12