Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	138% 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	227% 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 way 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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 321 106% 193 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1040 102% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,342 83% 1,342 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 6390) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 208 Parallax 209 160% 205 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 194 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1272 311 305 306 306 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1787 Write 1,457 Mixed 581 SusWrite 468 238% 1,073 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 223 4K Mixed 54.5 252% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 1,287 DQ Mixed 831 719% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 591GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 155 157 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 122 SusWrite 157 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 435GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 171 174 169 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 170 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 172 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.6 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 34.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 44.6 90% 44.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	60x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,006

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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