Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 844 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 67.8 64% 75.2 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 72.1 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 476 469 476 481 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 481 Mixed 423 SusWrite 472 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.3 192% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 74GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 364 350 344 340 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 416 Mixed 416 SusWrite 353 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.5 207% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 344 260% 350 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 160 160 174 156 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 145 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 168 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C18 2x8GB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 22.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

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