Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.1% 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	122% 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 (79^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 906 88% 725 Pts	64-Core 1132 70% 1132 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.18 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 125 104% 130 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 435 433 399 353 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 413 Mixed 403 SusWrite 406 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 61.9 205% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 294 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 53GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 263 131 95 94 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 423 Mixed 390 SusWrite 179 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.6 226% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 55GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 62 62 60 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 61.1 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	51x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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