Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 above expectations (80^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 766 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 103 64% 79.3 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 72 56% 68 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 366 Write 363 Mixed 335 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 49.8 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 238 180% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 587GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 151 151 153 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 106 SusWrite 152 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 312GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 81 81 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 79 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 80.4 97% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 43%

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 (75^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	124x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $971

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