Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 21:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 849 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 136 117% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.84 7% 9.7 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 45 12 26 32 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 384 Write 74.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 30.7 26% 123 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 17.5 61% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 0.2 40% 100 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 86%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 31GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 66 66 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 65.2 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 64 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 27.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

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