Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% 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	125% 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	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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 898 86% 712 Pts	64-Core 1127 70% 1127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 97% 120 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 90% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 444 455 463 464 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 419 Mixed 410 SusWrite 454 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.3 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 275 229% 331 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 876GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 182 181 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 184 Mixed 111 SusWrite 183 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 187GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 75 78 76 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 5.8 Write 80.2 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 76.2 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 146% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 103%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	82x
XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBAdata $60Bench 216%, 15,626 samples	81x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	58x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	56x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $554

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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