Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78.7% 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	225% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 154 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 913 93% 752 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 85.3 80% 91 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 79 76% 95 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 376 369 370 364 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1719 Write 1,505 Mixed 1,309 SusWrite 389 275% 1,230 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 75.2 271% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 1,341 DQ Mixed 802 690% 999 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 228%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 184GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 438 446 451 432 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 464 Mixed 447 SusWrite 427 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59 199% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 294 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 307GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 134 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 57.7 Write 95.9 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 132 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 27.8 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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