Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 867 81% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,069 66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 103% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 223 Write 111 Mixed 142 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 19.4 102% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.2 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 73.2 62% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 519GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1532 1597 1614 776 644 505 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,743 Write 1,628 Mixed 1,261 SusWrite 1,111 322% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 85.8 281% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 435 507% 870 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 311%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 304GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 142 139 136 134 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 138 Mixed 30 SusWrite 135 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.2% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	94x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	61x

Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,013

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16