Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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 (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 598 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 71.1 63% 75.6 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 63.8 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 607GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 804 836 845 827 844 843 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1055 Write 990 Mixed 372 SusWrite 833 182% 813 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 37.8 166% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 103 165% 308 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 291%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 197GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 134 96 117 125 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 160 Write 204 Mixed 164 SusWrite 125 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 30.9 122% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 154 124% 175 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 192 196 211 205 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 49 Write 90.5 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 202 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 13.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $896

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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