Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	211% 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 as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600-$165 18,241 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 770 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 140 Parallax 144 102% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 328 323 323 321 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1676 Write 1,455 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 343 252% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 73.4 244% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1,155 DQ Mixed 1,006 774% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 165 168 168 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 167 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 166 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $581

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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