Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% 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	116% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 557 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

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: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.9 88% 106 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 399 400 403 402 402 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 581 Write 395 Mixed 414 SusWrite 399 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 33.9 145% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 495 384% 535 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 142%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$120 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 447 455 453 450 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 430 Mixed 378 SusWrite 448 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.8 167% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 282 232% 333 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-YK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5173EB0-YK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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