Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.9% 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	155% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$360 377,946 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	1-Core 147 2-Core 292 104% 220 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 890 92% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,095 74% 1,095 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 743,673 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 28 Reflection 308 Parallax 360 7% 232 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 322 Splatting 250 88% 265 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV72H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 288 288 289 289 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 291 Mixed 340 SusWrite 287 117% 537 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 41.2 203% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 391 350% 549 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 154%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$57 67,825 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 398GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 461 468 474 472 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 469 Mixed 449 SusWrite 466 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 292 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$33 6,213 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 443GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BC SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 88 90 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 88 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$55 54,015 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 26.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 32.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 70%

Battle cruiser

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples	2,053x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 11,396 samples	751x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 90,744 samples	709x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $886

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24