Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Champion-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '16 at 18:03
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 706 63% 533 Pts	64-Core 1,033 64% 1,033 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 5988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1288 (B1) Unknown 100 100 26532 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71755 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30591	68.9% Good	Read 665 Write 51.2 Mixed 155 62% 290 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 26.7 87% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 88.1 116% 209 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.6 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
NVME SSD 480GBNetacBench 152%, 42 samples	4x
GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GBGigabyteBench 211%, 5,250 samples	3x
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial $120Bench 70%, 1,180 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	4x
Dominator DDR4 3400 C16 4x4GBCorsairBench 101%, 254 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILL $182Bench 76%, 7,414 samples	3x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $670

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