Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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 (81^st 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-$219 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 289 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 918 90% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 77.7 64% 79 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 63 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 303 304 304 304 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,472 Write 1,392 Mixed 560 SusWrite 479 217% 976 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 58.6 234% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 722 672% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 137GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 293 294 294 294 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 294 Mixed 290 SusWrite 294 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 189 167% 250 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.2 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

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	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $987

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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