Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (80^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 964 100% 806 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 87% 113 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.5 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 358 Write 126 Mixed 126 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 22.1 122% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 46 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 73%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 626GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 118 116 117 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 85 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 122GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 107 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 107 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

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