Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 497 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 209 Parallax 206 151% 200 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 100 96 85 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 480 Write 129 Mixed 128 SusWrite 103 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 21.4 122% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 49.9 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 801GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 466 485 493 495 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 470 SusWrite 484 111% 491 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.4 206% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 143 154 145 132 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 144 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% 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 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	114x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

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