Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	231% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 13:28
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 832 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1105 68% 1105 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 98% 115 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 111 Splatting 107 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 655 619 617 626 620 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,908 Write 2,108 Mixed 1,590 SusWrite 681 353% 1,572 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 67 229% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 812 DQ Mixed 970 718% 953 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 284%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 579GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1399 1403 1166 103 176 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,410 Write 1,551 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 742 268% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 76.4 270% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 271 340% 594 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 255%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 43 43 41 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 163 Write 31 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 40.7 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 6,011 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 28.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 113%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

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