Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 605 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 118% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 109 98% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 134 135 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 248 Write 135 Mixed 142 SusWrite 133 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 20.1 73% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 66 59% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 103 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 72.5 Write 97.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 102 53% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 4x4GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	14x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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