Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	191% 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 (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 631 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 80.9 66% 81.8 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 66.1 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126 5,166 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 691GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 1069 898 794 779 784 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,721 Write 1,393 Mixed 810 SusWrite 876 268% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 33 150% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 516 392% 527 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 380%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 118GB free Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 175 175 175 174 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 435 Write 176 Mixed 183 SusWrite 174 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 12.6 95% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 75.2 84% 142 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 907GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 129 130 132 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 153 Mixed 108 SusWrite 130 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

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