Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.5% 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	112% 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 (73^rd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 99.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 953 94% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.2 88% 104 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 99.8 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 352 292 287 282 269 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 398 SusWrite 328 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 54.5 179% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 329GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 80 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 113 SusWrite 76.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 61GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 85 82 94 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 85 Mixed 77 SusWrite 93.9 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 32.4 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 35.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 38.1 105% 38.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 153%

UFO

Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 152%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 2x16GBKingstonBench 103%, 1,906 samples	33x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	30x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,218

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16