Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$175 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 730 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

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: 441.87 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 77.3 71% 87.8 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 90.8 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X600 M.2 2280 SATA 128GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 65GB free Firmware: X6114012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 485 Write 166 Mixed 181 SusWrite 122 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 43.3 128% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 262 194% 258 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4GB free Firmware: CS900J13 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 423 Write 422 Mixed 364 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 35.8 130% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 190 167% 246 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 91%
Apacer AS350 120GB 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 470 Write 460 Mixed 310 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 39 141% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 211 184% 277 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 478GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 99 131 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 125 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GS4.4032B 2x8GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 30%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Raft

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	102x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	54x
MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GBCrucialBench 38%, 1,036 samples	32x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	36x

Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $189

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