Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	225% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 507 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 74.8 70% 82 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 77 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,068 Mixed 1,210 318% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.2 185% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 180 199% 343 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 25.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $255

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