Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	301% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i5-8500-$174 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 670 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 89.1 81% 95.3 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 76.8 71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2048 774 612 622 620 619 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 2,195 Mixed 1,327 SusWrite 882 382% 1,713 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 80.6 272% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,586 DQ Write 1,332 DQ Mixed 1,430 1,079% 1,449 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 340%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 111GB free Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 128 83 84 85 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53% Above average	Read 445 Write 230 Mixed 264 SusWrite 121 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 18.7 78% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 38.7 45% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 55%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 184GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 127 Write 129 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 91.6 68% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	252x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	162x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	149x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,024

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