Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	203% 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	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 (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 i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 882 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,090 68% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1517 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 111 89% 111 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 91.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 317 317 317 318 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,756 Write 1,212 Mixed 738 SusWrite 344 224% 1,012 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.7 238% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 730 DQ Mixed 862 642% 855 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 432GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 336 335 332 334 333 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 332 Mixed 317 SusWrite 335 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 50.2 169% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 182 151% 217 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 126%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 342GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 99 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 42.7 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 98.3 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 38.2 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $924

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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