Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 706 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 400 Mixed 283 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 40.8 136% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 167 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 131 119 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 131 Write 209 Mixed 171 SusWrite 125 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 31.8 111% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 153 131% 190 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 50 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 44.6 138% 48.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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