Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 642 60% 497 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 100 Parallax 90 78% 95.5 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 82.3 69% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 164 135 139 133 130 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 425 Write 269 Mixed 305 SusWrite 159 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 32.6 120% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 184 165% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 182 145 154 192 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 349 Write 214 Mixed 233 SusWrite 175 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 38.2 142% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 181 152% 225 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 306GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 411 411 408 407 410 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 414 Mixed 295 SusWrite 411 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 27.5 128% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 286 232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 40.2 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

RAM
DDR4 2133 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 100 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	4x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 119 samples	3x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,060

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