Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 00:16
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 808 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 964 60% 964 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 88% 113 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 120 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 177 94 65 82 61 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 418 Write 392 Mixed 327 SusWrite 125 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 30 115% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 135 145% 242 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 88%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 190 207 196 195 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 200 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 198 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
ADATA HD710 1TB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 863GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 113 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 101 Write 95 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 113 115% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,030

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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