Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	81.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 774 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 96%

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: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.9 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 129 141 139 141 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 374 Write 212 Mixed 226 SusWrite 137 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.9 160% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 140 118% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
HFS500G32TND-3112A 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 102GB free Firmware: 30060P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 379 143 142 145 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 426 Mixed 404 SusWrite 221 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 48.8 166% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 313 244% 336 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 149 134 137 152 151 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.8% Very poor	Read 67.8 Write 159 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 138 22% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 0.5 8% 4.83 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.8 3% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 267%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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