Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	375% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X CODE (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 796 84% 669 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 94% 113 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 84.9 77% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 2,338 Write 1,906 Mixed 2,124 473% 2,123 MB/s	4K Read 186 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 104 506% 154 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 238 207% 299 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 541%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 231GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.92% Terrible	Read 42.4 Write 38.8 Mixed 40.4 9% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.64 21% 5.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 9.92% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4133 C19 4x4GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 52.7 MC Mixed 38.9 130% 45.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%

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

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	83x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	74x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	97x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $834

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16