Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.6% 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	87.2% 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 (47^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 708 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 78% 102 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 87.2 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 207 186 185 188 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 481 Write 434 Mixed 359 SusWrite 216 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 41 141% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 196 158% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 124%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 393GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 314 313 298 309 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 370 Write 324 Mixed 309 SusWrite 305 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 32.8 108% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 113 80% 102 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 736GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 188 185 186 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 122 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 186 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

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	300x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	270x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	282x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	271x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

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