Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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	162% 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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370M DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '21 at 00:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 70.1 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 191 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 652 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 1,060 66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 201 Parallax 118 102% 148 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 136 Splatting 123 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 309 313 316 311 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1635 Write 1,182 Mixed 485 SusWrite 343 201% 911 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 41.7 142% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 910 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 572 464% 669 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 236%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 176 176 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 174 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 11.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	28x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	29x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	24x

Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $313

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16