Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$173 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 701 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 94% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme GIGABYTE GP-GSM2 256GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 14.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 224 202 170 48 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 202 Write 571 Mixed 189 SusWrite 160 64% 280 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 10.2 112% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 331 301% 453 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 213%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 903GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 183 186 168 189 185 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 88.8 Write 114 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 179 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 97 92 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 97.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 98.7 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

RAM
DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,330 samples	35x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	24x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	22x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $275

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