Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.4% 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	215% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 951 96% 781 Pts	64-Core 1253 78% 1253 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.7 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 97.2 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 986 323 325 324 325 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,706 Write 1492 Mixed 630 SusWrite 434 237% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 53.7 234% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 1,210 DQ Mixed 837 713% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 132 133 133 127 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 166 Mixed 218 SusWrite 132 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 42.2 177% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 176 137% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 454GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 133 134 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 133 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 2,071 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 30.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	128x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	56x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $954

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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