Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B18
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B18) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 537 62% 481 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 59.8 54% 64.5 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 52.8 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 311 312 312 312 310 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2033 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 484 276% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 73.7 234% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,230 DQ Mixed 1,010 788% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 280%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 817GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 130 134 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 140 Mixed 68 SusWrite 132 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 94GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 9.4 7.6 7.3 8 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 7.8 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 8.3 11% 7.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.9 34% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 114%

UFO

Desktop 100%

UFO

Workstation 105%

UFO

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	757x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	557x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	402x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	346x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	303x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	213x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	266x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	251x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 16,423 samples	219x

Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16