Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
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 as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 821 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 172 Parallax 169 126% 165 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 158 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+2.7TBHDD 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 259 264 266 180 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 156 156 157 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 80.7 Write 109 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 155 67% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.5 230% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 199 197 199 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 197 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 221GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 177 178 186 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 181 160% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 274% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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