Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	363% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 746 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.9 80% 100 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 99.3 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2178 2156 1537 1540 1551 1524 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 2,542 Write 2376 Mixed 1,824 SusWrite 1,748 476% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 87.9 301% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,480 DQ Write 1,272 DQ Mixed 1,346 1,017% 1,366 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 410%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 275 276 275 275 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 276 Mixed 265 SusWrite 275 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.6 149% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 176 158% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 184 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 179 Mixed 104 SusWrite 182 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26.2 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 27.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	173x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	48x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $637

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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