Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	96.7% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 453 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 97% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 290 206 187 189 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 452 Mixed 381 SusWrite 248 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 44.2 148% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 367 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 82GB free Firmware: CXM01B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 180 174 199 209 196 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 433 Write 178 Mixed 206 SusWrite 192 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 21.3 84% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 103 97% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 170GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 67 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 100 Write 96.5 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 68.4 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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