Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 754 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 92 Reflection 100 Parallax 86.3 75% 92.7 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 88.2 71% 87 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 115 93 96 86 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 366 Write 246 Mixed 177 SusWrite 97.9 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 0.2 57% 137 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 71%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 860GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 454 453 463 407 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 467 Mixed 423 SusWrite 441 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 397GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 129 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 184 Write 176 Mixed 110 SusWrite 129 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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