Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 07:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 692 78% 612 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 112% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 266 185 138 110 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 471 Write 364 Mixed 334 SusWrite 186 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 12.5 98% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 136 128% 204 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 92%
Seagate ST31000524AS 3TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 53 48 47 50 63 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 80.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 55.7 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 106%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 73 111 117 122 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 48 Write 83.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 99 47% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 111%

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	154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	140x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $964

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