Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (84^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 245 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 888 88% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 87% 109 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 99.3 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer L TA1D0240A 240GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM81.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 298 300 298 303 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 274 Mixed 288 SusWrite 297 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 40 156% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 212 186% 277 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 172 174 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 165 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 172 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	124x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	123x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $955

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