Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	139% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 285 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 886 86% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.4 86% 103 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 96.8 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 230 237 245 241 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,728 Write 20.2 Mixed 599 SusWrite 237 139% 646 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.4 145% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 253 184% 239 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 197 196 197 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 132 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 196 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GB 5,197 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 75%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

SSD
760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $33Bench 190%, 20,095 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	2x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1x

RAM
CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 5,197 samples	17x
CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CM4X8GD3000C15K4 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CM4X8GD3000C15K4 32GBCorsairBench 89%, 100 samples	4x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 95%, 56,114 samples	2x

Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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