Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.3% 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	144% 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 (80^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 966 93% 765 Pts	64-Core 1,249 77% 1,249 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% 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 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 100% 126 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 168 171 193 201 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,030 Write 454 Mixed 308 SusWrite 195 109% 497 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 58.4 209% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 336 322% 508 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 722GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 160 167 166 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 178 Mixed 104 SusWrite 166 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 85%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 78%

Battleship

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	13x

SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)WD $135Bench 121%, 28,136 samples	5x
Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GBWD $55Bench 85%, 9,409 samples	2x
WDS100T3X0C-00SJ 1TBAmd-raidBench 224%, 68 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	1x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples	1x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $620

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