Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 16:32
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 278 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 854 83% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 79.5 66% 81.4 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 66.9 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 259 82 79 89 81 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 485 Mixed 385 SusWrite 159 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.8 196% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 248 216% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 83GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 214 218 219 211 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 357 Write 274 Mixed 273 SusWrite 212 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.9 169% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 247 192% 265 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 200 198 198 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 456 Mixed 332 SusWrite 208 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.8 183% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 276 228% 327 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 14,300 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	282x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	405x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	330x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	264x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,246

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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