Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 86% 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85% 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	280% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 (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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 980 95% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,265 78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.5 87% 107 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2143 624 596 600 593 591 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,386 Write 2,242 Mixed 1,547 SusWrite 858 393% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 84.4 273% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 1,035 779% 1,048 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 407GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 448 443 449 448 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 438 Mixed 294 SusWrite 447 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.6 154% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 179 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 476GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 448 443 449 449 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 456 Mixed 308 SusWrite 447 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.8 151% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 149 122% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 106%

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	492x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $931

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16