Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	111% 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 (75^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 582 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 11A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 131 102% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 88 71 68 66 67 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 480 Mixed 406 SusWrite 138 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.9 214% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 301GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 484 479 490 411 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 475 SusWrite 437 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.1 220% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 KHX2133C14D4/4G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	538x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	490x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	405x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	845x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $928

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16