Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	101% 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180706
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 06:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 784 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 204 Parallax 179 147% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 183 Splatting 0.09 75% 104 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 199 135 157 155 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 458 Mixed 219 SusWrite 158 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.9 186% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 216 189% 285 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 162GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 113 115 117 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 114 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 495GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 167 169 165 168 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 126 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 167 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2x8GB 2,111 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.9 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

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) $30	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