Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	365% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180411
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 11:32
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 280 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 904 89% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 3.41 4% 3.84 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2393 2103 1488 1477 1489 1542 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2,415 Write 2,391 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 1,749 451% 2,008 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 96.2 324% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,486 DQ Write 1,255 DQ Mixed 1,331 1,008% 1,357 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 410%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 125 125 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 88 Write 123 Mixed 91.6 SusWrite 124 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 26.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	37x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	17x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $669

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