Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% 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	87.4% 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 (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 896 86% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 92 Parallax 84.4 83% 92.9 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 78 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 136 65 68 115 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 437 Write 399 Mixed 357 SusWrite 103 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 40.9 161% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 217 193% 290 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 91%
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GB 4,456 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 238GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 986 634 300 300 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,164 Write 985 Mixed 963 SusWrite 585 207% 924 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 63.6 222% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 714 569% 785 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 215%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 622GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 191 191 190 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 155 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 191 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8266.M16FE 1x16GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 13.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	32x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $445

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