Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	336% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '21 at 06:03
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 764 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B45) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1191 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.77 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 0.1 2% 2.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 942 852 852 855 849 842 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,700 Write 1,629 Mixed 1,370 SusWrite 865 364% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 72.9 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 99.2 339% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,760 DQ Write 1,387 DQ Mixed 1,505 1,145% 1,550 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 355%
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$108 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 452GB free Firmware: HP03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 551 207 136 261 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 902 Write 546 Mixed 633 SusWrite 306 133% 597 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 55 203% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 451 354% 487 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 606 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30.8 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	140x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16