Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	301% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 773 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 84% 104 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1300 392 392 393 391 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,662 Write 2,250 Mixed 1,593 SusWrite 545 392% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 223 4K Mixed 99.5 352% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 1,372 DQ Mixed 1,155 882% 1,177 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 302%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 330GB free Firmware: 00WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 214 219 212 211 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 388 Mixed 313 SusWrite 224 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 55.9 201% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 156 166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 277GB free Firmware: A5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 71.3 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 87.9 50% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 16GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2473, 2473 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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