Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	36.9 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 02:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$193 746,287 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)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 87 1-Core 141 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 897 88% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 76.4 77% 85 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 73.6 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 358 383 409 412 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 471 Mixed 215 SusWrite 396 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 46.8 160% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 282 228% 324 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 130 131 130 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 131 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 253% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 90%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$185 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 164 165 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 104 SusWrite 165 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C16-16GFX 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 04CD F4-2400C16-16GFX 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 40GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 4096, 16384, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 114%

UFO

Desktop 100%

UFO

Workstation 105%

UFO

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	757x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	555x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	402x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	303x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	266x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	250x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	218x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $719

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16