Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	145% 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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 5912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7755 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 8.19 0% 6.35 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.4 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 376 380 382 378 381 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 756 Mixed 333 SusWrite 382 139% 626 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 40.6 182% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 644 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 387 344% 520 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 155%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 318GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 423 425 423 410 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 382 SusWrite 422 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 56 198% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 258 220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 111%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 371GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 83.8 Write 33.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 76.4 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	9x
Pentium G4600Intel $27Bench 63%, 16,729 samples	9x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	6x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	46x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	25x
HD 510 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 16,316 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBAdata $236Bench 152%, 1,645 samples	5x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	3x

RAM
9905624-013.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 117 samples	4x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	3x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GBKingstonBench 82%, 390 samples	3x

Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $403

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