Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	42.2% 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 (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 482 67% 495 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 114 94% 116 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.6 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 54 56 51 55 54 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 154 Write 61.8 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 54.5 20% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 27.1 100% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 27.1 26% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 732GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 294 379 359 359 359 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 375 Write 356 Mixed 326 SusWrite 329 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 41.3 134% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 59.3 51% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	19x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBUnknownBench 42%, 55 samples	18x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	13x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	8x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $620

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