Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	43.9% 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 (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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 158 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 858 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.2 90% 107 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 101 107 99 120 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.9% Average	Read 202 Write 100 Mixed 119 SusWrite 109 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 18.7 77% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 50.1 59% 103 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 115 118 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 131 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 117 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 178 180 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 185 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 180 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 1,415 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	14x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $753

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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