Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 20:54
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 252 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 779 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 182 Parallax 183 130% 175 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 15 15 11 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 348 Write 15 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 13.2 21% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 2.5 50% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 30.7 31% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 99GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 323 197 188 189 186 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 471 Mixed 398 SusWrite 252 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.2 191% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 421GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 21 78 30 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 87.8 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 60.9 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	154x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,035

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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