Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% 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	181% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 826 79% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.2 80% 102 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.1 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 224 222 216 211 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,538 Write 306 Mixed 498 SusWrite 226 139% 642 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 60.7 229% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,252 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 653 521% 755 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 353%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 569GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 116 115 116 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 118 Write 126 Mixed 82 SusWrite 115 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 84%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 964GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 157 158 160 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 67 SusWrite 158 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair 4x8GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 92%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 44 samples	1x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $471

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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