Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% 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	112% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 818 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Sapphire(174B A516) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 112 Parallax 119 97% 117 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.5 101% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 26,870 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 198 193 184 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 979 Write 197 Mixed 330 SusWrite 189 92% 424 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 37.5 150% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 283 228% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 153%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 208 206 204 206 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 173 Mixed 86 SusWrite 206 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
ADATA CH11 500GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 125GB free, PID a11a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 59 62 55 52 60 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 9.2 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 59.6 40% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR26D4U9S8MH-8 2x8GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 78%

Battleship

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 512GBWDCBench 168%, 18,999 samples	505x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 256GBKingstonBench 100%, 13,793 samples	321x
HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBBench 121%, 26,870 samples	166x

RAM
M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 6,043 samples	491x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 80%, 9,970 samples	308x
ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,446 samples	194x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $584

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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