Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (69^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 183 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 494 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 87% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.3 76% 93.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 81 86 85 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 329 Write 149 Mixed 188 SusWrite 82.9 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 13.8 61% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 57.9 62% 102 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 72%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 483GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 87 87 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 84.6 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3TB free, PID ab34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 150 140 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 160 Write 120 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 142 156% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 993995 4x4GB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 31 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 98%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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