Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '19 at 20:06
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 238 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 840 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 69.8 74% 80.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 73.3 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1019 463 321 323 296 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,347 Write 1,030 Mixed 963 SusWrite 458 212% 949 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.8 221% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 599 507% 733 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 193%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $719

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