Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 871 84% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.1 81% 101 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 95.9 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 21 50 51 17 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 435 Write 179 Mixed 330 SusWrite 49 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 30.8 131% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 173 158% 239 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 189GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 469 469 477 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 456 Mixed 350 SusWrite 475 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.6 169% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 174 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 36GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 98 101 100 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 97.1 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

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	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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