Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	89% 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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 940-$150 2,107 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 163 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 433 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 88% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 108 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 0 256GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	89% Excellent	Read 697 Write 510 Mixed 494 126% 567 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 20.6 83% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 19.1 41% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 170GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 221 7275 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4108 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7434 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0		Read 96.1 Write 85.4 Mixed 83.2 66% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x1GB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3 of 6 slots used 3GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 13.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Raft

CPU
Core i7 940Intel $150Bench 66%, 2,107 samples	4x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	4x

SSD
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	1x
SA400S37960G 960GBKingstonBench 70%, 56,609 samples	1x
850 120GBSamsungBench 95%, 3,514 samples	1x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $305

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16