Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	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 above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 264 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 875 88% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 154 Parallax 142 115% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 285 202 177 176 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 437 Mixed 344 SusWrite 247 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.8 217% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 923GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 100 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 98.5 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 99.7 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1144 2TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 752GB free, PID 1144 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 115 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 83 SusWrite 114 159% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 107%

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	145x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $974

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16