Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% 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	97.4% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '19 at 05:39
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 848 82% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,083 67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 93% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 95.7 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 160 173 174 173 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 492 Mixed 386 SusWrite 200 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.8 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 205 187% 285 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 744GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 449 436 438 454 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 174 Mixed 317 SusWrite 401 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 39.5 150% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 208 177% 258 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 158 158 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 91 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 157 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 97%

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) $35	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