Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	65.8% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 751 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.5 88% 105 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.2 73% 89.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB-G2 240GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 145 140 130 140 147 MB/s Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.8% Good	Read 237 Write 159 Mixed 242 SusWrite 138 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 35.4 128% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 84.8 93% 154 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 81%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 553GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 82 80 63 84 93 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 64 Write 106 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 81.9 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.5 151% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FD 2x8GB 1,610 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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	689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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