Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	328% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 729 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 188 Reflection 209 Parallax 204 153% 200 fps	Gravity 186 Splatting 130 136% 158 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2262 831 824 830 836 828 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,576 Write 2,430 Mixed 1,928 SusWrite 1,069 448% 2,001 MB/s	4K Read 73.7 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 107 369% 136 MB/s	DQ Read 1,117 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 1,004 758% 1,020 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 355%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 172 172 174 158 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 453 Write 180 Mixed 227 SusWrite 171 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.6 160% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 166 143% 214 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 675GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 157 156 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 127 Mixed 82 SusWrite 154 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 85%

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
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

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