Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	90.2% 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	134% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 103 2-Core 207 70% 155 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 694 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 95% 118 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.1 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMW80 800GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 644 Write 753 Mixed 618 150% 672 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 34.1 153% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 152 174% 296 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 224%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 2,114 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 4.09 Mixed 5.82 11% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.04 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 27% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 9%

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $154Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $924

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