Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
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 (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 885 88% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,089 67% 1,089 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 147 Parallax 122 108% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 413 Mixed 359 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 55.8 195% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 104 145% 266 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 142 141 141 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 109 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 141 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 27.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	218x
78.C1GQB.4032B 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 1,098 samples	101x
78.C1GS7.AUW0B 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 3,890 samples	94x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $640

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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