Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	327% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 589 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11F7) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1891 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.4 83% 98.9 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 99 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1689 1825 1885 2098 2157 2159 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,394 Write 2,124 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 1,969 436% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 71.5 237% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 889 DQ Write 771 DQ Mixed 830 622% 830 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 720GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 440 431 449 428 435 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 438 Mixed 368 SusWrite 435 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 51.8 175% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 350 262% 349 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 2TB 313 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 137GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 101 100 102 106 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 95 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 103 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	421x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	8x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	181x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	162x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	81x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	91x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	43x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	19x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	65x
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	55x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	45x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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