Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	150% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 725 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 100% 118 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 109 Splatting 86.9 79% 98.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 553GB 479GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	157% Outstanding	Read 1,129 Write 1,013 Mixed 1,121 243% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 32.4 97% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 185 204% 351 MB/s

Intel Raid 0 Volume 215GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,086 Write 1,034 Mixed 1,155 244% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 27.6 87% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 178 183% 301 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 151%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 110 Write 141 Mixed 151 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC43 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 169 Mixed 96.1 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 12.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

SSD
SD8SB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 74%, 4,064 samples	5x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	4x
Raid 0 Volume 487GBIntelBench 125%, 751 samples	4x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 56 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 71%, 602 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 858 samples	3x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $460

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