Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% 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	76.9% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 436 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 81% 106 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 98.8 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 687 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 374 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2053	76.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 341 Mixed 347 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 10.4 79% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 49 102% 211 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 169 Mixed 156 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 75 Write 78.9 Mixed 71.5 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.12 40% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	35x

RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples	95x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	78x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

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