Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 640 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 91% 110 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 89.4 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 303 303 292 288 284 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 466 Mixed 386 SusWrite 320 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 54.8 174% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 361GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 421 430 428 422 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 420 Mixed 337 SusWrite 424 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 38 135% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 210 177% 256 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 218GB free Firmware: VT100-33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 70 Mixed 46 SusWrite 66.7 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 40 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 22.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	43x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	26x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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