Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	102% 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 (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 8.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 478 61% 462 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 122% 145 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 149 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 405 408 388 373 359 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 454 Mixed 357 SusWrite 388 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 42.2 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 270 223% 318 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 244 253 250 250 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 344 Write 245 Mixed 276 SusWrite 247 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 45.1 145% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 159 116% 152 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 132%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 29GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 400 417 419 420 417 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 424 Mixed 316 SusWrite 409 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 37.6 126% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 237 196% 282 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 71%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $849

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