Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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 (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 793 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 76.1 67% 81.3 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 67.7 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 228 227 226 229 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 443 Mixed 422 SusWrite 246 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 52.2 189% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 219 177% 244 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 146 149 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 147 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 143GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 60 59 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 59 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 32 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.7 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	94x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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