Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	13.5% 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	205% 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 (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 297 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 827 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Zotac(19DA 1153) 1.2GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 837 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 16.7 13% 18.9 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 18.5 15% 19 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 21%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A59) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.16 6% 8.16 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 281 279 277 276 274 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,295 Mixed 580 SusWrite 315 228% 1,034 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 56.7 208% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 600 553% 857 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Kingston SHFS37A120G 320GB 195GB free Firmware: CP100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 71 70 71 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 69.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 71.3 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 27.7 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $645

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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