Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 518 56% 442 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 201 Parallax 189 154% 193 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 186 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 131 128 126 126 125 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 433 Write 274 Mixed 302 SusWrite 145 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38 148% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 37.2 60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 91%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 135GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 90 Write 56.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 82.1 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 238GB free Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 68 Write 68 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 56.2 40% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $710

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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