Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	2.33% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 05:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 681 76% 596 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 87.1 77% 90.5 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 78 67% 82.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7B61) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.62 6% 8.44 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 15.2 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+298GBHDD 320GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 2.9 1.8 5.1 45 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	2.33% Terrible	Read 11.8 Write 6 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 21.2 3% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.33% Great: 18%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 636GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 13 31 37 47 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 189GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 77 78 90 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 82.6 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 12GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	340x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	249x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	188x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	382x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	180x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16