Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	336% 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 (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 889 88% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,148 71% 1,148 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 4381) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 66.8 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72.9 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 1685 1172 1158 1161 1173 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,263 Write 2,342 Mixed 1,395 SusWrite 1443 418% 1,861 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 88.8 308% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,521 DQ Write 1,276 DQ Mixed 1,317 1,008% 1,371 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 372%
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 154GB free Firmware: R131 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 371 377 363 351 378 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 373 Write 377 Mixed 190 SusWrite 370 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 17.6 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 65.3 60% 93 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 57%

Gunboat

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 49%

Yacht

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	23x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	55x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

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