Vinyl cleanliness

none. But will have to admit that some of the new 180 gram vinyl starts out pretty amazingly quite . Favourite new albums ( Jeff Beck "Emotion and Commotion fer instance) do pick up surface noise after may be 30 to 50 plays - still not terrible.
The puzzle for me is how some albums I've had for 40 years and have got to have been played hundreds of times - still are remarkably quite - other after 20-30 plays sound pretty noisy ?

Even very quiet records might have some light ticks. Usually it doesn't get in the way of the music.

It's also static; you can't get rid of it completely.
Japanese vinyl is usually very quiet.

Bad quality vinyl will pop and click brand new even if cleaned with an RCM. It's because the vinyl itself is contaminated and there is nothing you can do to remove what's embedded in the pressing. I do have many albums that sound incredibly quiet, however, so it is possible. Most surface noise probably comes from damage done by incorrect set-up or simple carelessness. Part of the hobby, if you ask me, and well worth it.