Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	157% 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 (85^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-$355 380,080 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	1-Core 149 2-Core 296 105% 222 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 986 100% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,106 74% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 671,944 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 324 Reflection 298 Parallax 322 85% 315 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 308 Splatting 240 86% 260 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV72H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 289 291 291 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,226 Write 294 Mixed 343 SusWrite 290 117% 538 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 41.6 209% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 410 360% 556 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 154%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$59 69,106 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 398GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 466 470 476 447 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 452 Mixed 450 SusWrite 452 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.5 195% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 293 239% 341 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$33 6,213 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 444GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BC SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 88 90 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 97.3 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 88.3 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$53 53,740 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.5% 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 $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	2,042x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 11,136 samples	748x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 86%, 95,552 samples	707x

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $867

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 $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24