Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 i5-8600K-$139 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 267 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 779 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 80% 104 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 96 Splatting 91.2 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 205 106 73 76 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 402 Mixed 381 SusWrite 133 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 50.9 177% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 243 203% 292 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 449 464 452 469 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 430 SusWrite 449 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 47.2 174% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 460GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 82 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 71.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 81 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.4% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 63%

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	146x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	113x

Value: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $778

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16