Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 512 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.8 86% 68.5 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 235 163 193 148 135 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 400 Mixed 249 SusWrite 193 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 39.3 154% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 149 156% 260 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 929GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 450 463 455 467 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 463 SusWrite 451 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63.4 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 153 152 153 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 154 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 78%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

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