Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	110% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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% U3E1, 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 91.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 786 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 114 Parallax 232 112% 161 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 157 112% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 480 Mixed 311 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.2 193% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 177 183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 43GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 386 394 397 395 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 355 SusWrite 365 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.2 192% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 285 231% 327 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 167 189 188 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 179 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 181 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.M16FBD 2x8GB 608 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

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