Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 707 79% 619 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2274 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 71.9 67% 78.4 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 74.4 63% 77 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 290 289 292 291 287 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 178 Mixed 265 SusWrite 290 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 35.3 161% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 233 202% 301 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 465GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 484 483 489 425 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 448 SusWrite 442 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 60 211% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 24 24 24 25 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 196 Write 28.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 24.6 82% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 10.3 964% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 17.2 DQ Mixed 11.5 1,037% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 2,782 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 92%

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) $37	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