Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 692 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 80% 102 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 94 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 137 166 154 96 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 388 Write 243 Mixed 241 SusWrite 139 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 13.5 94% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.5 43% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 74%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003 1TB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 583GB free Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 445 441 445 446 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 449 Mixed 430 SusWrite 436 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.6 206% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 370 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%
WD WD5001AALS-00L3B 500GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 163GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 80 Write 74.4 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 67.7 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 31.4 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 30.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $554

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16