Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	161% 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 (61^st 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 (91^st percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 897 87% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.7 84% 99.7 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 91.2 75% 91.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 387 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 319 276 257 309 260 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,260 Write 750 Mixed 622 SusWrite 310 163% 736 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.3 195% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 869 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 583 468% 666 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 238%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 1TB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 786GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 130 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 124 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	155x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	117x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	148x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	84x

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $641

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