Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	76% 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 above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 620 74% 572 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 116% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 143 130 132 143 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 344 Write 221 Mixed 224 SusWrite 133 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.1 152% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 166 127% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 192GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 180 186 185 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 17.5 Write 88.5 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 183 53% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 134 138 137 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 68 Mixed 80 SusWrite 137 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x8GB 30,532 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 28.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	65x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16