Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 293 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 713 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 126 Reflection 145 Parallax 120 102% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 0.09 57% 79.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WDS120G2G0B- 120GB 548 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 6.6 22 103 38 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 1A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 105 94 91 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 119 SusWrite 115 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%
Seagate USB 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 104GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 103 104 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 87.8 Write 88.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 103 115% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16