Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 843 83% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 589 Write 534 Mixed 537 124% 553 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 34.6 139% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 495 391% 544 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 141%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 114GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 465 467 462 444 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 244 Mixed 356 SusWrite 426 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 39.6 152% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 171 160% 243 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 29.3 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 96%

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	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

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