Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	81.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 512 63% 483 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.4 91% 108 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 97.2 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 87 95 92 53 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 457 Write 312 Mixed 322 SusWrite 92.8 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 39.1 146% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 52.5 101% 202 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 942GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 153 151 153 155 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 153 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 986GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 115 115 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71% Very good	Read 132 Write 104 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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