Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 884 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 75.5 63% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 75.2 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 322 321 318 314 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1498 Mixed 597 SusWrite 361 241% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 56.5 223% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 1,252 DQ Mixed 822 734% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 274GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 212 95 75 87 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 298 Write 102 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 162 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 9.3 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 102%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 755GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 58 57 60 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	666% Outstanding	Read 7,084 Write 61.5 Mixed 121 SusWrite 57.6 381% 1,831 MB/s	4K Read 938 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 7.7 1,433% 317 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 666% Great: 255%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 7,088 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 103%

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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $966

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16