Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$171 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 467 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 96% 116 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 297 295 296 296 291 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 288 Mixed 269 SusWrite 295 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41 163% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 243 207% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 128%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 873GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 106 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 108 Write 98.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 106 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 66GB free, PID a008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 36.9 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	206x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples	162x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples	138x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $355

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16