Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	132% 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 way above expectations (89^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 841 89% 712 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1555 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 54.1 Parallax 60.5 0% 38.2 fps	MRender 54.5 Gravity 43 Splatting 38.9 36% 45.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 155 169 143 138 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 768 Write 262 Mixed 470 SusWrite 160 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 59.3 211% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 337 321% 506 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%
Samsung HD502HJ 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 186 187 188 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 173 Write 143 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 187 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 45.6 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 32.1 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 33.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	341x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	142x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

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