Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 721 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 734 46% 734 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1596 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 89.5 74% 90.1 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 71.8 65% 80.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 91 97 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 254 Write 126 Mixed 167 SusWrite 99.3 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.1 147% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 97.6 77% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 225GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 75 75 73 71 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 84.8 Write 75.8 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 75.2 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 60%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 156GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 24 22 27 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 27.3 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 23.2 19% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 27.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16