Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 836 80% 663 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 102 84% 104 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 158 172 173 171 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 274 Write 139 Mixed 156 SusWrite 168 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 12.1 85% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 74.5 79% 131 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 70%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 222GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 444 450 456 454 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 452 Mixed 420 SusWrite 450 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 48.8 162% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 297 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 182 Mixed 114 SusWrite 142 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	300x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	271x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	455x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	284x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	272x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $525

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16