Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	58.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 19:38
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 628 72% 563 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 135 110% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 147 Splatting 125 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 88 82 78 63 56 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 462 Write 189 Mixed 223 SusWrite 82.7 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 16 102% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.5 44% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 72%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 103GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,469 Write 2,037 Mixed 1,612 453% 2,039 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 70.4 229% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 1,271 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 1,101 817% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 538GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2196 2176 2233 2228 2184 1497 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 2,141 Mixed 2,075 SusWrite 2,086 473% 2093 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 78.1 235% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 1,104 829% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 488%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 16,105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 100%

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