Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 538 60% 472 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 76.8 64% 78.3 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 72 Splatting 64.8 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 184 111 98 83 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 417 Write 403 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 134 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 34.7 125% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 184 166% 253 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 107 107 105 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 63 SusWrite 105 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 284GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 131 132 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 131 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $607

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16