Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	116% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 243 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 874 86% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 108% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 399 397 403 393 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 473 Mixed 302 SusWrite 387 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.6 186% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 274 223% 317 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 157 156 158 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 111 SusWrite 156 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 39 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 41.5 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x16GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

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