Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% 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 (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 i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 458 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 62.8 61% 70 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 68.6 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 629 624 550 627 634 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,245 Write 642 Mixed 498 SusWrite 612 166% 749 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.3 175% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 112 156% 290 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 159%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 193GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 93.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 64 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 909GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 163 162 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 166 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 162 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 2x8GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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