Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	307% 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	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 16:04
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 279 99% 176 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 652 74% 577 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 768MB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 17 Parallax 12.8 12% 14.8 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 14.4 13% 16.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,753 Write 1,825 Mixed 1,843 474% 2,141 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 61.2 240% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 52.7 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 38.1 103% 203 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 353%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 4550 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5842 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 140 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 30.3 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 30.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	105x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	93x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	92x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $844

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