Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	337% 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 (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 738 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 78.4 83% 93.8 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 545GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1722 1671 1554 1406 1484 1451 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2177 Write 2,024 Mixed 1537 SusWrite 1548 409% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 88 301% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,505 DQ Write 1,308 DQ Mixed 1,409 1,056% 1,407 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 410%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 107GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 115 102 125 134 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 344 Write 158 Mixed 191 SusWrite 114 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39 152% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 81.5 75% 113 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 303GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 170 165 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 98 SusWrite 169 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 7,608 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

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