Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 749 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 105 81% 104 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 83 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,269 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,308 371% 1,681 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 90.9 319% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 930 689% 911 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 129 125 133 131 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 144 Write 118 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 131 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 66.4 Write 63.1 Mixed 51.1 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 46 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 90%, 4,583 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	10x
BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 4x8GBCrucialBench 107%, 871 samples	10x

Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $1,104

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