Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 631 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 67.5 64% 73.7 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 60.1 55% 68.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 152 150 153 150 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.7% Good	Read 242 Write 163 Mixed 190 SusWrite 152 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 34.4 122% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 172 131% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 14GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 116%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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