Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	124% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 778 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 96 97 96 98 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,024 Write 116 Mixed 197 SusWrite 98.1 77% 359 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 34.7 178% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 252 260% 447 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 147%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 54GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 131 76 77 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 431 Mixed 393 SusWrite 142 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 52.9 186% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 239 201% 291 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 966GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 92 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 86.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 91.9 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $442

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16