Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 610 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 92% 111 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN512HMJP-000L7 512GB 1,627 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV02L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 454 452 449 451 449 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 450 Mixed 382 SusWrite 455 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 40.2 135% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 176GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 100 100 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 93 Write 88 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 99.6 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 100%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 9.7 8 8.9 9.3 7.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 14.3 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.6 18% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.1 209% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 4x4GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 35.1 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

SSD
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	7x
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples	5x
Chronos 120GBMushkin $70Bench 68%, 862 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples	5x
M378B5273DH0- 4x4GBSamsungBench 87%, 109 samples	4x

Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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