Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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	164% 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	210% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (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	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (43^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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 254 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 668 75% 590 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Zotac(19DA 1653) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Lighting 243 Reflection 219 Parallax 210 198% 224 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 163 Splatting 133 145% 185 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1179 181 510 213 475 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 2384 Mixed 1,263 SusWrite 475 301% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 79.1 261% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,261 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 1248 913% 1,195 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 368%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 204 Mixed 208 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 36.1 141% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 147 131% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 20GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,790 Write 2051 Mixed 1,263 380% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 74.2 258% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 1,144 DQ Mixed 1,333 988% 1,310 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 105%

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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	142x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,029

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16