Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	317% 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 (71^st 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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 797 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5184) ≥ 4GB; EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2080 602 598 603 606 603 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,516 Write 2155 Mixed 1,438 SusWrite 849 388% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89.3 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1713 DQ Write 1,455 DQ Mixed 1,521 1,157% 1,563 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 281GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 166 167 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 128 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 165 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 105 Write 89.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 93.8 117% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 95%

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	534x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x

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	313x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	305x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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