Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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 i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 540 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 108% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 61 39 53 45 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 495 Write 116 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 57.9 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 23.2 112% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 32.6 44% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 71%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 823GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 150 153 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 97 SusWrite 152 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-139.A00G 1x8GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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	345x
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