Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	262% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 06:38
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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 i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,080 104% 858 Pts	64-Core 1,328 82% 1,328 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 81.6 78% 89.7 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 72.5 64% 79.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1188 306 306 306 306 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,108 Write 1,457 Mixed 1,166 SusWrite 453 288% 1,296 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 89.9 310% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,453 DQ Mixed 1,007 820% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 280%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 856GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2125 2123 1199 1180 1180 1166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2,205 Write 2,104 Mixed 1,491 SusWrite 1,496 409% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 88.3 308% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,804 DQ Write 1,585 DQ Mixed 1643 1,246% 1,678 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 329GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 176 175 173 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 166 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 174 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 46.3 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 36.8 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 52.3 SC Mixed 36 108% 37.8 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%

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 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	168x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	157x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	185x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	127x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,049

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