Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% 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	212% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 790 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 97% 122 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 730 706 684 645 625 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 885 Mixed 671 SusWrite 688 205% 923 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 66.5 234% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 854 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 717 585% 827 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 215%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 293 294 294 294 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 391 SusWrite 302 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 67.9 236% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 801GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 93 94 91 94 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 106 SusWrite 92.4 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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