Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.09% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	250% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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 (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 854 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A66) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.09% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.09% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 843 829 851 852 853 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,895 Write 2,170 Mixed 1,627 SusWrite 903 371% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 70.9 248% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 977 726% 965 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 284%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 221GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 147 178 179 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 499 Mixed 413 SusWrite 223 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.2 161% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 205 190% 292 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 97%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 193GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 1039 1214 1176 1160 1057 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,349 Write 1,058 Mixed 627 SusWrite 1,119 232% 1,038 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 59.7 221% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 454 362% 516 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 220%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x4GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 24.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 109%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $167Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	3x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $38Bench 179%, 78,255 samples	2x
Rocket Q 1TBSabrentBench 192%, 30,033 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	2x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $789

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