Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	89.7% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 703 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 139 114% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 198 178 182 152 202 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 369 Write 158 Mixed 373 SusWrite 192 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 40.9 114% 243 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 115%
WD Red Pro 2TB (2014)-$140 716 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 396GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 139 139 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 132 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 139 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 202GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 99.3 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 14.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	30x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 120%, 113 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	21x

Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $606

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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