Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 165 2-Core 330 107% 197 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 975 101% 813 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 6000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.92 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.64 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.49 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1280 308 308 305 306 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,555 Write 1,397 Mixed 570 SusWrite 469 222% 998 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 55 242% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 1,256 DQ Mixed 724 665% 1,009 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 464GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 173 174 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 120 Write 52.9 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 176 64% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 4x4GB 670 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.1 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 144%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 132%

UFO

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16