Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 833 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 100%

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; Geforce GTX 1070-Ti Duke CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 95% 114 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 112 Splatting 96.9 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 193 Mixed 408 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 59.8 208% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 125 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 124 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 677GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 158 159 157 156 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 158 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 159 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 103%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	124x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	147x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	112x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $974

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