Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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 (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 790 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 68.1 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 74 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 435 449 458 452 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 427 SusWrite 437 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.5 188% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 296 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Intel Optane+1.3TBHDD 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 859GB free Firmware: 16.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.7% Poor	Read 278 Write 125 Mixed 150 SusWrite 80.9 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 4.6 41% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 207GB free Firmware: CP100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 51.7 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 50.4 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 29.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	846x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $937

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16