Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.5% 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	180% 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-7B44
Motherboard	MSI Z370M GAMING PRO AC (MS-7B44) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 17:52
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,000 97% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,280 79% 1,280 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36E6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1484 MHz, MLim: 1825 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.3 89% 106 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 81.3 73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,944 Write 943 Mixed 1,186 299% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 28.7 133% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 27 44% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 235%
LSI 9650SE-12ML 20TB 641GB free Firmware: 4.10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

USB Mass Storage Device 2GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 168a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 15.5 Mixed 12.5 20% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.22 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 14% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 104%

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	33x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	33x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	20x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

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