Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 656 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

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: 441.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 89.8 85% 101 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 81.6 73% 89.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 36 44 75 76 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 60.8 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.3 8.5 7.4 7.3 7.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 1.8 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 7.3 7% 4.43 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 23.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	16x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $521

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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