Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.7% 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	89.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 488 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 117 90% 114 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 84.7 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 270 128 120 120 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 476 Write 427 Mixed 357 SusWrite 196 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 42.5 138% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 347 259% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 37GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 118 120 117 119 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 97.2 Write 97.8 Mixed 53 SusWrite 118 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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