Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 951 90% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,164 72% 1,164 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 92% 117 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.4 81% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,470 Write 4,607 Mixed 5,678 1,311% 5,918 MB/s	4K Read 528 4K Write 269 4K Mixed 329 1,365% 375 MB/s	DQ Read 1,336 DQ Write 1,020 DQ Mixed 1,029 810% 1,128 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 104GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 85 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 85.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 82.6 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 81%

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

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