Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	309% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 988 98% 797 Pts	64-Core 1240 77% 1240 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6229 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 8.81 7% 9.97 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 7.63 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1558 1529 1319 437 435 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 1,460 Mixed 1,315 SusWrite 951 350% 1,576 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 93.8 310% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 1,065 DQ Mixed 1,088 833% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 308%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 110GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 489 489 492 489 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 480 Mixed 467 SusWrite 489 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.8 208% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3300 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 27.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.6 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	68x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	53x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	62x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $916

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