Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	269% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 538 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.6 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.7 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 300 300 302 303 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,372 Write 1465 Mixed 1,225 SusWrite 476 306% 1,384 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 85.2 291% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,488 DQ Mixed 1,014 829% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 280%
Mushkin MKL120GB-DX 120GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 37GB free Firmware: 361A13F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 58 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48% Average	Read 192 Write 91 Mixed 117 SusWrite 62.1 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 23.4 105% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 73.9 65% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 50%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 262 261 261 259 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 265 Mixed 292 SusWrite 260 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 39.1 146% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 188 168% 254 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	20x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

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