Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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.

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B45
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B45) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170901
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 11:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 773 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 66.9 62% 73.7 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 71.7 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 247 246 241 242 239 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,909 Write 1,330 Mixed 579 SusWrite 286 226% 1,026 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 61.2 240% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1227 DQ Write 1,185 DQ Mixed 912 766% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 188 194 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 190 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 189 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.9 344% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2D2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M2D2666C16 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 94%

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 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	120x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	87x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	78x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,094

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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