Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% 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	263% 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 (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 801 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.2 84% 105 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 103 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,478 Write 1,193 Mixed 1,369 369% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 50.8 234% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 203 223% 380 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 236%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 138 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 131 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.22 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 48GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 38 Write 39.9 Mixed 9.22 35% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 103%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

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