Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 468 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 79%

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: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 86% 113 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 93 80 78 78 76 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 495 Mixed 402 SusWrite 112 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.9 205% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 366 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 497GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 208 Write 205 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 100 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 741GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 165 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 153 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	54x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $391

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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