Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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 i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 622 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 197 2958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 133 (C2) HDA temperature 127 113 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 148 Mixed 142 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 5GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 11.2 Mixed 8.43 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.42 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 4x4GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16