Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.2% 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.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 836 86% 691 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 67.5 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 73.4 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 146 149 149 149 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 280 Write 211 Mixed 241 SusWrite 150 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 34.6 130% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 130 99% 132 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 164 165 164 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 105 Write 80.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 165 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 33.7 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 36.7 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2666 C18 2x8GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	142x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	126x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	121x

Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $404

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