Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (81^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 861 84% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 98.7 79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 77 81 72 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 459 Write 276 Mixed 240 SusWrite 95.7 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 21.2 100% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 31.8 54% 106 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 70%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 124GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 477 488 489 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 438 SusWrite 487 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.3 212% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 131%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 808GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 175 176 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 182 Mixed 108 SusWrite 177 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	218x
78.C1GQB.4032B 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 1,098 samples	101x
78.C1GS7.AUW0B 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 3,890 samples	94x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $640

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