Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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	193% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 533 64% 493 Pts	64-Core 688 42% 688 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.2 78% 97.2 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96.7 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 918 925 806 57 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,348 Write 930 Mixed 869 SusWrite 622 210% 942 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 68.5 242% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 221 276% 470 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 209%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 930GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 173 173 173 174 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 172 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 172 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 2x4GB 2,292 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 109%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 99%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBKingston $175Bench 134%, 12,594 samples	116x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	92x
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $53Bench 108%, 30,265 samples	68x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	186x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GBCrucialBench 82%, 12,603 samples	75x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	47x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $856

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