Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	123% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 14:02
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$320 532,704 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 92% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 799 81% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,009 68% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$698 214,500 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 372D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 166 Parallax 164 130% 163 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 144 Splatting 120 121% 148 fps
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 192,281 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 820GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2303 2214 1523 1526 1542 1542 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,584 Write 2,378 Mixed 1,850 SusWrite 1,775 482% 2,147 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 92.4 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,500 DQ Write 1,327 DQ Mixed 1,396 1,051% 1,407 MB/s
Poor: 244% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 376%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 737,528 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 314 314 314 314 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 482 Mixed 402 SusWrite 332 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.2 213% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$70 392,883 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 200 199 202 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 130 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 199 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$71 455,838 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 27.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 98%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 54%

Yacht

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $109Bench 236%, 112,886 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 102%, 737,528 samples	44x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $65Bench 275%, 314,694 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	82x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 125,478 samples	31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $94Bench 87%, 170,475 samples	31x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $790

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16