Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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	98.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 895 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,121 69% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 103% 132 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 28 14 14 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 15.3 Mixed 33 SusWrite 20.2 17% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 289GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 49 46 49 47 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 85 Write 65.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 50.2 40% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.3 193% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 103%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3 3.5 3.2 3.7 2.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 1 Mixed 2 SusWrite 3.2 3% 1.97 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	687x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	477x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	753x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $569

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