Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	319% 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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 165 2-Core 328 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 655 8-Core 1267 114% 961 Pts	64-Core 2,222 138% 2,222 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 91.4 62% 76.7 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 66 Splatting 80.7 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2300 792 792 789 795 795 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,425 Write 2,194 Mixed 1700 SusWrite 1,044 412% 1,841 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 96.8 320% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 1182 DQ Mixed 1,303 980% 1,313 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 355%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 35GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 86 80 89 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 473 Mixed 406 SusWrite 119 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.1 184% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 351 257% 337 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 174GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 124 126 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 170 Write 155 Mixed 111 SusWrite 126 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	551x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	353x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	351x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	279x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	163x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $999

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