Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	201% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6920HQ 3,282 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 54 2-Core 99.4 49% 76.3 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 282 28% 229 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 282 User benchmarks, average bench 73% MSI(1462 1171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1164 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 72 Parallax 70.9 82% 81.2 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 58 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 1155 1214 1219 1176 1219 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,346 Write 1,213 Mixed 703 SusWrite 1,198 250% 1,115 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 49.9 173% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 520 375% 487 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 247%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 928GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 104 Write 78.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 110 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 808 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	31x
GeForce GTX 980NvidiaBench 73%, 282 samples	19x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	15x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	8x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	6x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	8x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 71%, 938 samples	5x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	4x

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