Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% 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	206% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 892 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.5 81% 99.9 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 96 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 283 280 278 274 273 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 1,243 Mixed 598 SusWrite 332 226% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.5 208% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1085 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 552 538% 855 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Phison SSM128GPTC1-S91 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 90GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 137 141 149 150 169 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.3% Good	Read 501 Write 117 Mixed 150 SusWrite 149 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 20.8 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 8.8 36% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 288GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 121 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 120 Mixed 77 SusWrite 121 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 25.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 30.6 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	28x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,139

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