Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.1% 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	129% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 864 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,241 77% 1,241 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 120 97% 123 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 116 Splatting 99.1 83% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 452 447 479 412 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 477 Mixed 466 SusWrite 418 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 126%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 169 170 168 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 168 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 24.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 28.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 103%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	299x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	269x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	452x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	282x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	271x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

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