Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	164% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 695 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 4975) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 955 962 969 902 835 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 990 Mixed 592 SusWrite 933 180% 796 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 51.5 192% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 483 360% 479 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 465 464 475 472 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 391 SusWrite 469 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 53.1 178% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 195 198 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 153 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 197 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 41.9 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	32x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	27x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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