Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 522 62% 482 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 8D99) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 170 Parallax 159 143% 168 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 131 Splatting 115 113% 142 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 58 56 54 55 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 349 Mixed 394 SusWrite 113 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 55.9 190% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 175GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 370 361 361 369 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 416 Mixed 372 SusWrite 373 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 43.6 161% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 188 186% 298 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 842GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 165 162 165 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 127 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 163 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	146x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	125x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	113x

Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16