Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	283% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 910 89% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 20.8 12% 23.4 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 21.5 18% 23 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2258 583 580 577 584 576 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 2,204 Mixed 1,545 SusWrite 860 397% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 81.5 274% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 1,026 765% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 237 235 237 236 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 386 SusWrite 261 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.5 190% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 233 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 365 316 317 320 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 472 Mixed 338 SusWrite 353 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.8 203% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 344 262% 354 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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