Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.1% 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	232% 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 (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 735 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 89%

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: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 87% 110 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 843 847 844 845 847 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,328 Write 1,012 Mixed 1,001 SusWrite 900 238% 1,060 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.2 195% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,655 DQ Write 1,199 DQ Mixed 1,359 1,034% 1,404 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 284%
Corsair Force LS SSD 480GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 103GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 447 450 448 453 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 436 Mixed 283 SusWrite 444 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 30.8 113% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 62 118% 237 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 106%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 658GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 118 119 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FB 2x8GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 32.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 105%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	646x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	219x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	210x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 128GBKbg30zms128gBench 77%, 3,624 samples	60x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBBc501Bench 110%, 8,328 samples	35x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	26x

RAM
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 2,439 samples	106x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,962 samples	104x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 802C0000802C 4ATF51264AZ-2G6E1 12GBUnknownBench 62%, 315 samples	90x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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