Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 442 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 88% 110 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128M 128GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 39 23 16 13 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 315 Write 129 Mixed 174 SusWrite 34 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 10.9 80% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 86.5 86% 140 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 89GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 212 205 220 225 226 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.2% Good	Read 229 Write 223 Mixed 227 SusWrite 218 51% 224 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 42 133% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 51.1 42% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 314GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 101 Write 13 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 13.1 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 13.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $289

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