Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	274% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 840 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,066 66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gainward(10B0 1E87) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 154 Parallax 166 133% 161 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 143 Splatting 104 113% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 701 643 646 642 646 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,319 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,505 SusWrite 675 351% 1,576 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 78.2 271% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 1,182 DQ Mixed 1,239 935% 1,253 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 296%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 931GB free Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1346 1350 1010 933 933 932 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,076 Write 1312 Mixed 1,174 SusWrite 1,084 263% 1,162 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.2 212% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,436 DQ Write 1,318 DQ Mixed 1,399 1,044% 1,384 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 472%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 215 216 218 215 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,603 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 20 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 109%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 99%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBKingston $175Bench 134%, 12,594 samples	116x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	92x
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $53Bench 108%, 30,265 samples	68x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	186x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 82%, 12,603 samples	75x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	47x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $856

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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