Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	271% 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 (96^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,031 100% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,267 78% 1,267 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E92) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4785 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.73 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,755 Write 1,305 Mixed 1,593 414% 1,885 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.1 219% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 153 160% 262 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3866C18 029E CMK8GX4M2B3866C18 029E CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 33 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 34.6 105% 36.6 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	29x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $1,151

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16