Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.9% 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	120% 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.

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

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 742 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 103% 126 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 443 452 432 393 410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 448 Mixed 408 SusWrite 427 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 305 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 809GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 136 136 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 132 Write 148 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 136 164% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 136% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 27.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%

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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	691x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	480x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16