Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	166% 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 (73^rd 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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 761 81% 644 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 196 Parallax 169 144% 181 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 838 675 694 540 542 615 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 970 Write 969 Mixed 611 SusWrite 651 180% 800 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 45.1 172% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 30.2 232% 535 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 237%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 321 Mixed 272 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 37.6 160% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 26 30% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 624GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 98 93 92 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 89.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 95.3 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	473x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	50x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $313

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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