Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 98.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 233 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 619 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1571 MHz, MLim: 1887 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 79.9 74% 86.7 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 71.2 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 66 65 60 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 113 SusWrite 64.9 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 27.3 123% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 79.1 62% 87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 58GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 389 458 461 462 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 434 SusWrite 446 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.9 189% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 296 242% 345 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 119%
WD WD3200AAJS-08L7A 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 273GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 96.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 95.7 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 44.1 91% 44.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	26x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $883

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16