Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 93.4 47% 71.5 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 152 23% 164 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 121 Parallax 136 80% 119 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 265 234 189 132 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 462 Write 289 Mixed 274 SusWrite 196 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 23.2 62% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 577GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 89 90 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 78.3 Write 20.2 Mixed 45 SusWrite 90.5 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 141 140 141 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 139 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1600 CL9 Series KHX1866C10D3/8G 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.1% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16