Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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 (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 i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 828 88% 701 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1692 MHz, MLim: 985 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 94.7 82% 95.3 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 128 90% 106 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 323 323 324 323 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,160 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 357 283% 1,278 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 86.1 297% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,381 DQ Mixed 1,012 812% 1,124 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 280%
MB0500EBNCR 500GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 210GB free Firmware: HPG2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 88 SusWrite 130 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 31.6 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 33.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	341x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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