Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 123% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 106%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	163% 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	198% 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 MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 15:34
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$366 255,707 User benchmarks, average bench 108% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	SC Int 129 SC Float 138 SC Mixed 135 107% 134 Pts	QC Int 505 QC Float 544 QC Mixed 515 118% 521 Pts	MC Int 982 MC Float 1,139 MC Mixed 1,077 159% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 310,584 User benchmarks, average bench 151% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Lighting 543 Reflection 519 Parallax 564 170% 542 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 524 Splatting 286 158% 357 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 177%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$90 57,856 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1092 305 305 305 305 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,186 Write 1,026 Mixed 933 SusWrite 436 200% 895 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 79.6 267% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 888 DQ Mixed 981 722% 946 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 275%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 444GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 476 479 482 430 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 481 Mixed 464 SusWrite 439 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58 195% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,731 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	98% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 117%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 128%

UFO

Desktop 128%

UFO

Workstation 115%

UFO

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 218%, 76,035 samples	975x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 123,965 samples	702x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 280%, 32,389 samples	667x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $129Bench 90%, 56,890 samples	992x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 11,793 samples	445x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 86%, 178,354 samples	398x

Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,849

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12