Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$172 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 975 98% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,248 77% 1,248 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1685 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 69.8 62% 74.3 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 72 Splatting 62.1 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 643 633 634 652 646 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,005 Write 684 Mixed 237 SusWrite 639 142% 641 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.1 120% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 161 188% 314 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 182%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 186 188 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 176 Mixed 120 SusWrite 187 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FE 859B BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FE 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

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	697x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	484x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	359x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	395x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	324x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $668