Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	321% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 699 79% 617 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 69.5 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 75.3 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2147 682 595 599 599 599 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,507 Write 2,108 Mixed 1,431 SusWrite 870 386% 1,729 MB/s	4K Read 69.5 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 94.8 318% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,675 DQ Write 1,425 DQ Mixed 1,488 1,132% 1,530 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 340%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 956GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 408GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 438 439 407 310 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 437 Mixed 340 SusWrite 388 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.8 154% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 251 213% 312 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 188GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 73.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 78 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,799 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.7 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

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