Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 134 2-Core 241 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 728 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 122% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 195 177 180 180 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,234 Write 1,016 Mixed 591 SusWrite 219 170% 765 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 59.2 227% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 214 183% 275 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 127 91 78 53 54 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 447 Mixed 371 SusWrite 144 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.7 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 249 218% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 303GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 73 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 76.5 Write 71 Mixed 48 SusWrite 73.1 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 29.9 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 30.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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