Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	69.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 475 61% 463 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1673 MHz, MLim: 1836 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 127 Parallax 126 98% 124 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 226 243 166 245 214 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 316 Write 410 Mixed 230 SusWrite 220 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.1 114% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 0 43% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 109%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 74 70 75 56 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 105 Write 89 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 61.3 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $566

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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