Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	86.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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 i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 504 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 91% 109 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 92.9 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 2111) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 250 182 177 157 155 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 478 Write 358 Mixed 307 SusWrite 177 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 40.1 140% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 196 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 103%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 218 244 243 239 241 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.3% Very good	Read 257 Write 248 Mixed 207 SusWrite 233 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 35.6 131% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 115 108% 168 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 196 197 196 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 155 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 194 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	10x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $899

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