Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.4% 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	246% 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 (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 861 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1099 68% 1099 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 104% 129 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 841 857 859 857 851 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,926 Write 2,140 Mixed 1,690 SusWrite 880 373% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 67.2 232% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 975 728% 970 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 284%
Toshiba MG03ACA200 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: NS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 5.5 4 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 3.9 3% 3.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x16GB 14,529 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 53%

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	685x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
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	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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