Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% 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.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 668 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 100 Parallax 90.9 77% 95.2 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 86.6 Splatting 77.1 67% 82.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 198 195 205 206 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 347 Write 324 Mixed 319 SusWrite 199 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 39 129% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 207 155% 208 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 170 174 162 160 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 157 156 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 102 SusWrite 156 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 140 145 153 161 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 92.5 Write 115 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 150 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

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