Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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 as expected (42^nd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 606 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.1 82% 98.2 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 95 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 79 85 95 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 84 54% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 107%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.2 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 5.3 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 29 Write 3 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 1.6 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 39% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	106x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	74x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	65x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	116x
Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBG.SKILLBench 37%, 8,300 samples	78x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	67x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $257

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