Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 913 89% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,141 71% 1,141 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 107 68% 82.9 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 74.2 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 446 455 406 388 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 397 Mixed 399 SusWrite 421 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 56.3 184% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 261GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 443 448 449 448 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 401 Mixed 387 SusWrite 445 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.7 182% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 288 236% 337 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 44.6 90% 44.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 120%

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	300x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	270x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	283x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	272x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

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