Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	228% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 628 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.9 86% 103 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99 Splatting 99.9 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1402 1504 1560 865 524 523 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 1,738 Mixed 1,353 SusWrite 1,063 303% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 63.9 208% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 1,045 DQ Mixed 960 765% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 262%
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 238GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 256 254 253 255 257 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 304 Mixed 419 SusWrite 263 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 57.2 182% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 246 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 73GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 159 120 134 128 134 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 406 Write 132 Mixed 196 SusWrite 133 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 16.6 79% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 30.1 59% 120 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.1 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

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