Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$195 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 89 2-Core 160 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 441 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 80.9 67% 82.3 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.5 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM843T 480GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM85W3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 277 264 266 278 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 376 Write 300 Mixed 315 SusWrite 274 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 29.1 93% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 287 216% 289 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 95%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 139 139 148 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 131 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 143 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 109 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 122 Write 135 Mixed 59 SusWrite 110 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5458-005.A01LF 4x4GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 16.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $606

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