Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 646 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 82.7 69% 84.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 66.8 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 322 317 310 321 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 416 Mixed 324 SusWrite 322 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.8 192% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 345 263% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 222GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 127 130 112 116 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 385 Write 210 Mixed 231 SusWrite 124 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.1 135% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 168 133% 183 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 174 170 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 157 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 173 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 98%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

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