Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 588 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.1 84% 104 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 88.5 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 320 428 418 418 417 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 412 Mixed 395 SusWrite 371 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 48.3 149% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 255 210% 298 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 128%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 144 143 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 142 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 769GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 109 128% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	35x

RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples	95x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	78x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

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