Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	8.65% 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	259% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,004 98% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,247 77% 1,247 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4815 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 9.16 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 8.03 Splatting 18 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,918 Write 1,342 Mixed 1,478 420% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 31.7 191% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 28.3 44% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 108 Mixed 77.4 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.16 377% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 202GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 73.6 Write 87.5 Mixed 73.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 105%

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	300x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	270x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	282x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	271x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

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