Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	125% 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 (20%). 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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 766 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 933 58% 933 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 95 89% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.6 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 258 261 261 260 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 748 Write 783 Mixed 713 SusWrite 305 143% 637 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 41.3 146% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 703 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 560 459% 654 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 143%
Toshiba MK6461GSY 640GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 267GB free Firmware: MC001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 50 52 51 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 64 Write 78.7 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 49.6 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 61%
Seagate USB 750GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 87GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 62 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 72 SusWrite 61 116% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

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