Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 171 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 439 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1583 MHz, MLim: 1855 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 0.06 76% 62.1 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 73.5 66% 81.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 57 4 10 50 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 408 Write 282 Mixed 242 SusWrite 60.8 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 10.3 52% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 33.1 43% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 55%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 130GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 186 183 190 192 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 124 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 188 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	87x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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