Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 934 93% 757 Pts	64-Core 1204 74% 1204 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 131 Parallax 119 104% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 346 314 311 314 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 1,430 Mixed 900 SusWrite 359 286% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 80.3 279% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 992 759% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 280%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 326GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 475 477 478 477 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 476 Mixed 327 SusWrite 477 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.6 166% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 314 239% 322 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 28.9 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 35.1 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%

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 103%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,136

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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