Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star Z370 Gaming Infinite X(MS-B916)
Motherboard	MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 22:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 809 76% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 133 107% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 613 603 614 617 601 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,847 Write 1,704 Mixed 1,378 SusWrite 653 312% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 75 236% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,170 DQ Write 884 DQ Mixed 909 712% 988 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 340%
Team L3 EVO SSD 960GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 76GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 272 296 264 16 36 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 472 Mixed 383 SusWrite 202 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 42.4 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 209 191% 293 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 108GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.55% Terrible	Read 36.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 6.3 15% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 68% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.55% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 82%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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