Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.9% 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	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 792 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 101% 129 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 74 59 55 56 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 341 Mixed 328 SusWrite 79.5 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 36.7 135% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 107 99% 157 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%
Crucial_FCCT1000MX200SSD1 1TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 486GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 432 440 445 432 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 464 Mixed 318 SusWrite 437 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.2 158% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 133 142% 232 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 1,432 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 29.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

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