Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% 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.

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

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 758 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 67.7 63% 73.8 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 74.5 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 6.6 45 11 58 36 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 450 Write 269 Mixed 352 SusWrite 52.7 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 33.2 143% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 0.4 12% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 239 438 247 244 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 470 Write 19.3 Mixed 110 SusWrite 280 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 1.2 49% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 1.1 28% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 100%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 183 186 188 185 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 184 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 185 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	40x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $575

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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