Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	94.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 16:40
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 72.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 690 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 192 147% 192 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 123 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 99 85 75 67 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 272 Mixed 337 SusWrite 131 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.2 174% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 270 209% 285 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 162 162 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 104 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 162 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 107%

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $999

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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