Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (63^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 886 88% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,135 70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.3 83% 103 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: V5DOA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 24 43 48 40 51 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 55.9 Write 56.4 Mixed 33 SusWrite 40.9 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 89 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 90.3 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 185GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 110 110 109 110 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 96.5 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 109 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,945 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 97%

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	112x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	92x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

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