Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 782 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.22 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 192 Parallax 184 150% 187 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,444 Write 1859 Mixed 1,304 413% 1,869 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 72.2 251% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 896 DQ Mixed 1,031 783% 1062 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 278GB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 118 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 68.8 Write 152 Mixed 85 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 281% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 106%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 17GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 88.2 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 86.5 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 120%

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 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,126

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