Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	12.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 815 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 19.2 15% 18.9 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 0.1 9% 12 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 369 366 402 395 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 388 Mixed 292 SusWrite 384 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 43.6 157% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 199 178% 273 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 81GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 78 78 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 74.6 Write 75.4 Mixed 57 SusWrite 75.9 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 18,648 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 13 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

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	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $898

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