Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	PC ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '23 at 18:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 627 73% 568 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.4 78% 97.3 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 0.3 46% 63.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 353 308 327 337 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 855 Write 450 Mixed 273 SusWrite 333 106% 478 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 30.3 115% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 464 365% 507 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 155%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 477GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 380 380 380 378 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 891 Write 783 Mixed 622 SusWrite 419 152% 679 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 51.7 175% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 447 373% 542 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 155%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 186 187 187 184 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 142 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 185 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE2666C16K4 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.6 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	24x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	5x
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)WD $154Bench 131%, 14,088 samples	4x
Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GBWD $55Bench 85%, 9,409 samples	4x

RAM
CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 9,947 samples	7x
CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 669 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $773

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16