Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 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	233% 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 (78^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 98.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,040 102% 837 Pts	64-Core 1341 83% 1341 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: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 210 Parallax 189 160% 199 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 195 Splatting 132 124% 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% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1087 390 307 306 310 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,910 Write 1,246 Mixed 528 SusWrite 452 228% 1,034 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 59.8 255% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 1,146 DQ Mixed 941 768% 1,090 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 451GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 148 149 149 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 146 Mixed 106 SusWrite 149 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 450GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 164 161 161 168 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 163 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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 (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 28.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 34.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 44.2 91% 44.2 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 $90Bench 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: $1,001

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