Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	62.2% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 472 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 105 Parallax 83 90% 99.1 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 108 Splatting 107 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct120bx3 0 120GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 157 169 171 171 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 362 Write 163 Mixed 215 SusWrite 167 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 32.2 105% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.2 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 60 59% 92 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 634GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 162 175 178 177 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 505 Write 172 Mixed 255 SusWrite 173 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 15.8 82% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 20.3 60% 141 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 827GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 132 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 132 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $613

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16