Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5650 13,757 User benchmarks, average bench 70% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 625 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 83% 107 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 84.7 75% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 254 Write 243 Mixed 229 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 39.9 127% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31000525SV 1TB-$155 2,311 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 6GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 61 60 60 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 59.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 59.8 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 16 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $259

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