Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	290% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 793 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 132 106% 134 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 1165 1165 1132 1164 1159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,459 Mixed 890 SusWrite 1,189 288% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 83.6 281% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,598 DQ Write 1,394 DQ Mixed 1,294 1,025% 1,428 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 294%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 259GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 90 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 84.6 Mixed 50 SusWrite 90.2 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 49%

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 $109Bench 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	33x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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