Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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	154% 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 (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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 674 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 97 Parallax 85.6 80% 93.4 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 87 Splatting 76.9 69% 85.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 752 395 367 349 283 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,057 Write 898 Mixed 587 SusWrite 418 165% 740 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.2 204% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 415 342% 482 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 445%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 94GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 71 72 69 69 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 109 Write 95.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 64.5 106% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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