Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	217% 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 (52%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 753 80% 638 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 199 Parallax 191 124% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 127 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 323 323 323 323 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 1,190 Mixed 522 SusWrite 371 223% 1,013 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 53.6 227% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 1103 DQ Mixed 693 626% 946 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 62GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 405 425 417 421 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 314 Mixed 327 SusWrite 418 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.1 163% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 156 168% 280 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 290GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1914 1100 609 608 607 606 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,503 Write 2,012 Mixed 756 SusWrite 908 343% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 60.1 248% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 1,489 DQ Mixed 818 765% 1,173 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB 17,908 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 95%

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) $30	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