Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 91.9%, 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	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 as expected (45^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 266 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 815 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1126 70% 1126 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 120 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 57 37 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 476 Mixed 360 SusWrite 51.4 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.1 178% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 132 156% 271 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 123 125 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 121 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 124 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 113%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 7.6 7.8 8 7.9 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.39% Terrible	Read 5.2 Write 1.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 7.4 6% 4.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	47x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $479

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16