Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (74^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 940 98% 785 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2057 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 82.9 64% 81.2 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 74.8 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 48 22 46 47 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.6% Below average	Read 248 Write 51.2 Mixed 100 SusWrite 42.9 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 2.5 64% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 45.1 44% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 108GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 94 93 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 93.7 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 94.4 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Basic 1TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 9340 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 130 130 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 64 SusWrite 129 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G KF2666C16D4/8G 16GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 27 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%

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	692x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	481x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	355x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	757x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	391x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $687

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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