Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	135% 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 as expected (50^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 852 82% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,090 67% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 199 Parallax 200 152% 195 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 188 Splatting 125 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 400GB-$390 497 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 340 339 331 342 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 881 Write 316 Mixed 396 SusWrite 330 106% 481 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.1 164% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 364 346% 557 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 224%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 170 173 174 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 161 Write 155 Mixed 126 SusWrite 172 209% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 105%
WD My Book 750GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 220GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 40 37 31 37 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 36 Write 40 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 34 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2E4266C19 2x8GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 116%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	21x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples	15x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 30,689 samples	13x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

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