Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 06:27
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 176 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 582 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 89 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 84.2 72% 86.6 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 68.9 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 61 65 26 26 35 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 16.2 Write 44.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 42.1 23% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 827GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 171 167 166 169 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 131 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 168 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 111GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 123 123 124 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 168 Write 137 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 124 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 15GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 128 Write 93.2 Mixed 97.5 130% 106 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 3.5 253% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	88x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	63x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

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