Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	232% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 774 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 130% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 149 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 465GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 475 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 113 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1846601568	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 412 Mixed 428 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 43.4 128% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 16 92% 213 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 129%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 1,443 Mixed 1,469 399% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 25.2 131% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48.8 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 243 146% 150 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMR16GX4M2C3600C18 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMR16GX4M2C3600C18 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	341x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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