Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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 (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 269 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 870 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 75.4 64% 78.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 79 Splatting 74.5 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 326 328 327 325 328 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,145 Write 1,282 Mixed 610 SusWrite 397 244% 1,109 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 65.6 254% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,101 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 765 644% 938 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 180 180 174 169 179 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 459 Write 246 Mixed 259 SusWrite 187 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 39.6 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 224 197% 296 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 58GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,559 Write 2,307 Mixed 1,538 474% 2,135 MB/s	4K Read 70.3 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 98.5 337% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1253 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 1,150 854% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 1x16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	124x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $974

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