Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171031
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 643 8-Core 920 98% 781 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 71.9 65% 77.7 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 64.6 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,825 Write 1,431 Mixed 1,455 418% 1,904 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 29.6 207% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 61.7 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 33.9 51% 91.7 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 376GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 963 Write 965 Mixed 972 216% 967 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.7 196% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 566 DQ Mixed 172 225% 400 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 313%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%

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 $76Bench 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) $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