Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% 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	110% 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 (78^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 900 89% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,140 70% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 87% 111 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 99 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,532 Write 282 Mixed 352 155% 722 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 9.62 101% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 10 22% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 144%
Sandisk S240G 171GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 116GB free Firmware: Z320 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 449 Write 429 Mixed 232 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 3.9 64% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 2.55 15% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 676GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	539x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	491x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	846x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $931

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16