Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	206% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 776 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

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: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 91% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 281 275 268 260 253 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,356 Mixed 621 SusWrite 316 231% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 50.4 234% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,041 DQ Write 822 DQ Mixed 630 553% 831 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 102GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 217 215 215 215 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 397 Mixed 232 SusWrite 223 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 39.6 151% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 212 190% 288 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 36.9 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
TS512GSSD230S 512GBTranscendBench 92%, 2,577 samples	11x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	12x

Value: 40% - Below average

Total price: $1,009

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