Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.3% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 576 65% 508 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 198 Parallax 181 150% 188 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 238 241 220 234 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 461 Write 244 Mixed 164 SusWrite 228 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 22.1 113% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 57.1 102% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%
HFS250G32TND-3112A 250GB 1,508 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: 30060P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 200 144 151 147 144 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.4% Good	Read 250 Write 242 Mixed 228 SusWrite 163 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 33.3 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 200 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 439GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 91.7 Write 84.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 66.4 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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