Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	203% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '21 at 21:21
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 246 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 732 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 164 Parallax 152 115% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 110 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 553 560 520 534 561 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1762 Write 1,582 Mixed 843 SusWrite 594 266% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.4 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 784 597% 812 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 271%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 143GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 413 437 433 445 427 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 451 Mixed 420 SusWrite 429 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 49.7 165% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 196GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 71.2 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 104 56% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 103%

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 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	169x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	158x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	186x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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