Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	115% 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 (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 231 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 810 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 142 Parallax 134 113% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 209 200 190 188 187 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 479 Mixed 374 SusWrite 236 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.5 207% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 268 Mixed 308 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 31.9 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 172 151% 223 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 94%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 86GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 2.8 29 72 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 59.1 Write 47.6 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 41.5 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 103%

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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	112x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	92x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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