Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	122% 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 (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 898 89% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 155 Parallax 146 127% 152 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 486 362 285 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 460 SusWrite 397 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.3 196% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 92GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 135 86 85 86 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 365 Write 176 Mixed 235 SusWrite 110 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4.1 42% 9.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 75%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 480GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 77 78 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 77 Write 77.2 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 78.5 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	535x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	841x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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