Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	209% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 780 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 435.43 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.8 87% 106 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 97 Splatting 88.8 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1081 933 989 899 967 900 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,513 Write 1,085 Mixed 906 SusWrite 962 250% 1,116 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 59.7 214% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 566 411% 542 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 241%
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 156GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 177 174 178 176 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 337 Write 229 Mixed 251 SusWrite 176 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.2 158% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 139 133% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 289 292 290 293 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 471 Mixed 367 SusWrite 308 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.2 207% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.7 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 44 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 75%

Battleship

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	18x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 2x8GBUnknownBench 96%, 5,257 samples	12x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	9x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 829 samples	6x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $923

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