Doghouse Armor

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	56.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Doghouse Armor (all builds)
Motherboard	Intel DX79SR
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 08:15
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 568 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.1 88% 106 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 79.2 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 158 153 149 150 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 336 Write 134 Mixed 170 SusWrite 153 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 26.2 87% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 146 112% 155 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 124%
PH3-CE240 240GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 31GB free Firmware: F/W:1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 129 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 471 Write 419 Mixed 327 SusWrite 110 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 27 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 177 176% 280 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 93%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 61GB free Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 58 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 69 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 57.1 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Backup+ BK 750GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 374GB free, PID a003 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 97 98 21 23 33 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 58.2 Write 33.3 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 60 59% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 32GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 5.5 0.9 7.9 8.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22.2 Write 35.3 SusWrite 6.4 27% 21.3 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x4B485831363030433944332F3847202020 2x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

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

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Typical Armor Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 55%

Yacht

System: Doghouse Armor

CPU
Core i7-3960XIntelBench 77%, 4,885 samples	5x
Core i7-3970XIntel $217Bench 78%, 2,677 samples	4x
@ 2.70GHzIntelBench 70%, 39 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x

SSD
520 Series 240GBIntel $139Bench 78%, 12,595 samples	3x
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TBBench 98%, 11,576 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
0x4B485831363030433944332F3847202020 0x9801 0x4B485831363030433944332F3847202020 0x0205 0x3136303020434C3920536572696573 0x0205 0x3136303020434C3920536572696573 32GBUnknownBench 57%, 4 samples	4x
0x4B485831363030433944332F3847202020 4x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 22 samples	3x
0x4D33373842353237334448302D434B3020 4x4GBUnknownBench 92%, 20 samples	1x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16