Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% 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	127% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 04:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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 i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 696 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.7 86% 105 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 96 Splatting 98 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 469 369 286 274 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 486 Mixed 458 SusWrite 358 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65 222% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 237GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 154 153 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 107 SusWrite 153 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 105 112 110 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 90 SusWrite 112 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

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