Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 467 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 104 Parallax 83.2 90% 99.2 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 163 165 166 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 319 Write 159 Mixed 206 SusWrite 162 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 31 102% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 34.9 28% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 115%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 634GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 175 172 178 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 514 Write 178 Mixed 242 SusWrite 174 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 16.8 87% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 19.9 60% 141 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 830GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 131 131 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 87.8 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 132 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	15x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	6x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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