Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	188% 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 (71^st 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 856 91% 728 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 117% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 600 605 606 607 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,835 Write 1,622 Mixed 1,211 SusWrite 640 296% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 51.6 168% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 484 369% 510 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 340%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 607GB free Firmware: AX1P5E SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 95.3 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 168 168 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 135 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 168 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 16,105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 28.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 100%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	38x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	27x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $541

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