Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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 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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 284 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 773 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.8 86% 105 fps	Gravity 93.6 Splatting 98.5 85% 96 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 124 123 114 109 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 445 Mixed 386 SusWrite 142 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 62.8 217% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 472GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 141 141 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 146 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 141 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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