Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 165 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 599 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.9 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 118 90% 115 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 92.9 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,415 Write 6,309 Mixed 6,218 1,412% 6,314 MB/s	4K Read 472 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 278 1,187% 322 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 822 642% 893 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 723GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 156 157 156 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 155 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 155 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 747GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69% Good	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 106 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

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) $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