Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	223% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$219 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 822 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 124 Parallax 142 113% 135 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 107 Splatting 93.1 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 611 608 608 601 602 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,587 Write 1,507 Mixed 736 SusWrite 651 250% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 62.3 237% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 1051 DQ Mixed 841 691% 986 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 218GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 217 222 219 217 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 331 Write 246 Mixed 278 SusWrite 220 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 38.9 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 153 148% 233 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%
WD WD4000AAKB-00UKA0 400GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 320GB free Firmware: 07.01N01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 75 76 76 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 69.9 Write 68.6 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 75 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 25.8 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 111%

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	300x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	270x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	283x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	272x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $553

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16