Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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 i7 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 166 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 422 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 89.2 74% 90.6 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 73.2 65% 79.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,418 Write 3,967 Mixed 4,064 926% 4,150 MB/s	4K Read 489 4K Write 337 4K Mixed 377 1,404% 401 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 790 591% 792 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 118 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 76%
Samsung MMCRE28G5MXP-0VB 128GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 12GB free Firmware: VBM1901Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 169 155 164 138 86 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 6 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $380

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