Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 16:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (60^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 794 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 174 142% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 170 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 392 Mixed 278 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.8 124% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 111 120% 196 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 991GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 117 115 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 114 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 178 181 181 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 169 Mixed 81 SusWrite 179 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 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	66.4% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.4% 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	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	429x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $986

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16