Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 590 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 135 Parallax 123 137% 142 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 160 158 159 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 297 Write 147 Mixed 185 SusWrite 157 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 25.3 83% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 139 109% 152 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 447GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 79.7 Write 81 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 70.9 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 121GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 96 99 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 77.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 91.9 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 8x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 113%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 79%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,176

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16