Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	157% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (89^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 746 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 5000 751 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 0770) 2.5GB CLim: 513 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 2.5GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 11.9 Reflection 22.1 Parallax 14.1 10% 16 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 15.1 13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian NV480 128GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0318B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 135 122 147 176 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,600 Write 599 Mixed 502 SusWrite 169 156% 717 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 33.3 228% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 67.1 138% 282 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 205%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 399GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 197 199 198 180 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 45.7 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 193 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391A1K43BB2-CTD 2x8GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 27.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 95%

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	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	755x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

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