Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	254% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 618 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 3102) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 7.7 5% 7.73 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 547 550 548 548 552 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2167 Write 1,703 Mixed 1,205 SusWrite 557 313% 1,408 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 80.5 268% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 1,027 DQ Mixed 1,080 821% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 296%
Samsung PSSD T7 1TB 2,443 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 780GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 320 334 324 324 328 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 153 Write 167 Mixed 302 SusWrite 327 54% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 26.3 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 142 102% 131 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Kingston KHX2666C16/8G Kingston KHX2666C16/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	5x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	3x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	4x
TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 99%, 31,797 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Kingston KHX2666C16/8G Kingston KHX2666C16/8G 32GBHynixBench 67%, 2 samples	2x
ACR24D4U7S1MB-4 2x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 50 samples	1x
M378A2K43CB1-CRC 4x16GBSamsungBench 83%, 301 samples	1x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $167

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