Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	115% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 773 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 183 Parallax 175 142% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 174 166 163 161 166 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 351 Mixed 400 SusWrite 215 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.5 211% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 662GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 470 487 485 480 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 456 Mixed 411 SusWrite 479 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.5 223% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 112%

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	82x
XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBAdata $60Bench 216%, 15,626 samples	81x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	58x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	56x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $554

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16