Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 233 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 731 69% 572 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 62.3 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 55.2 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 168 162 162 157 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 485 Mixed 394 SusWrite 192 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.5 196% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 315 312 311 311 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 402 SusWrite 326 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 108GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 484 453 439 433 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 486 Mixed 398 SusWrite 451 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.3 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%

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	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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