Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.9% 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	111% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 953 95% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C306) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 99% 126 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.56 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 246 247 244 241 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 315 Mixed 346 SusWrite 245 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 57 204% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 311 235% 318 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 938GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 170 172 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 132 Mixed 83 SusWrite 172 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 25 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 106%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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