Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	330% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 816 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,349 84% 1,349 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 92% 113 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1812 1551 1845 1827 1817 1795 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1936 Mixed 957 SusWrite 1,775 379% 1,690 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 78.3 281% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 1,075 DQ Mixed 1075 829% 1132 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 353%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 173 174 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 173 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 389GB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 100 102 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 81 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 102 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 164%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $793

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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