Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	218% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$177 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 277 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 879 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 154 Parallax 145 125% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 150 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$197 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 346 330 325 312 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,855 Write 1,100 Mixed 714 SusWrite 388 224% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 61.2 229% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,336 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 1,093 826% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 86GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 301 300 297 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 335 Mixed 254 SusWrite 301 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 33.4 113% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 188 182% 290 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 32TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 13TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 568 560 548 562 574 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 265 Write 368 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 557 72% 317 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 0.9 10% 5.47 MB/s	DQ Read 5.8 DQ Write 3.6 DQ Mixed 6.2 4% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 241%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 114%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	58x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	50x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	52x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	45x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	29x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $940