Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 758 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 138 Parallax 80.9 80% 106 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 70 55% 66.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 238 226 214 199 189 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,570 Write 1,224 Mixed 794 SusWrite 252 213% 960 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.8 205% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1035 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 872 677% 929 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 182 183 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 192 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 181 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.5 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.4 6% 6.28 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 101%

UFO

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	2x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $711

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