Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (85^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 765 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 108% 129 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 294 294 295 294 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 295 Mixed 286 SusWrite 294 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 40.1 174% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 244 208% 307 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 249GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 473 489 494 412 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 470 Mixed 458 SusWrite 431 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.3 213% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 28.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 30.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	124x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	124x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $974

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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