Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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	127% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 00:36
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$355 322,715 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	1-Core 153 2-Core 308 108% 231 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 996 102% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,180 79% 1,180 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$528 440,934 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 408 Reflection 380 Parallax 438 107% 409 fps	MRender 240 Gravity 401 Splatting 249 98% 297 fps
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$107 396,423 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 386 389 307 233 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 408 SusWrite 309 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 66.7 232% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$70 80,472 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 32 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 114%

UFO

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 203%, 148,068 samples	2,265x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 220%, 90,400 samples	2,051x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $90Bench 269%, 122,922 samples	1,681x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 87%, 88,367 samples	2,632x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 85%, 245,677 samples	2,172x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 84%, 43,271 samples	1,118x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,575

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $83	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14