Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 256 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 626 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 282 User benchmarks, average bench 73% MSI(1462 1166) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 74 Parallax 66.1 97% 86.4 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 59.3 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 471 446 508 480 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,865 Write 931 Mixed 740 SusWrite 492 274% 1,257 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.4 195% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,431 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 727 585% 853 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 606GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 108 107 111 105 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 103 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 105 58% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	23x
GeForce GTX 980NvidiaBench 73%, 282 samples	14x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	12x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	7x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	7x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	18x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	12x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	8x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $180

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