Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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 (82^nd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,028 100% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,280 79% 1,280 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.2 81% 99.1 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 82.9 71% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 304 110 109 109 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 908 Write 567 Mixed 588 SusWrite 215 126% 570 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 55.8 200% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 320 269% 380 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 294 294 295 294 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 396 Mixed 416 SusWrite 311 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.2 214% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 25.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

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