Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	118% 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	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 (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 721 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 106% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GB 2,891 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 152 144 140 144 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 965 Write 310 Mixed 566 SusWrite 152 110% 498 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.9 179% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 230 203% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 139%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 796GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 197 201 193 202 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 198 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 196 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GB 19,029 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 12.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	9x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GBSKBench 111%, 2,891 samples	5x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	2x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1x

RAM
CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 1,024 samples	2x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 82%, 12,603 samples	2x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 16GBSamsungBench 74%, 43 samples	2x

Value: 122% - Outstanding

Total price: $263

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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