Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.1% 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	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 718 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 126 Parallax 105 96% 116 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 457 467 471 369 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 468 Mixed 386 SusWrite 423 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 38.1 133% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 336 250% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 257GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 116 121 119 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 119 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 130 129 129 134 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 11.7 Write 76.2 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 126 45% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 100%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	31x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	19x

Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $417

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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