Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	181% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 568 54% 447 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 89.8 82% 95.2 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 91.5 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 302 292 309 297 301 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,468 Write 930 Mixed 618 SusWrite 314 184% 832 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 52.1 192% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 944 DQ Mixed 802 654% 930 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 236%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 913GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 112 120 116 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 97.4 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 116 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.8 315% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	621x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	340x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	454x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	325x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	168x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	130x
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	79x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	67x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	312x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	201x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 23,910 samples	131x

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