Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.5% 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	166% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 862 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 89.8 78% 90.8 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 79 74% 93.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB 17,295 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 413 416 420 419 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 856 Write 816 Mixed 768 SusWrite 431 161% 718 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66 224% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 716 561% 776 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 197%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 123GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 423 440 465 465 457 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 426 Mixed 331 SusWrite 445 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 39.7 142% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 342 260% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 702GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 98.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 74.7 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 23.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 24.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples	224x
Radeon RX Vega 11 GraphicsAMDBench 16%, 47,368 samples	155x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	68x
KIOXIA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 113%, 8,196 samples	53x
hynix BC511 HFM256GDJTNI-82A0A 256GBSKBench 146%, 8,367 samples	46x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	63x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples	34x
HP26D4U9S8MD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 1,119 samples	22x

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $75

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