Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 700 78% 614 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1662 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 169 85% 121 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 124 Splatting 125 94% 113 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 289 290 284 279 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 305 Mixed 238 SusWrite 285 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 37.3 125% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 207 190% 293 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 129%
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 102GB free Firmware: SVN423b SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 158 158 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 490 Write 160 Mixed 196 SusWrite 158 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 40 147% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 113 110% 177 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 194 191 194 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 124 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 193 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 27.8 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 28.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	124x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	124x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $974

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