Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 684 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 191 Parallax 196 146% 189 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 188 Splatting 127 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 565 572 568 565 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,078 Write 582 Mixed 419 SusWrite 526 144% 651 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 45.8 193% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 601 486% 695 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 120GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 71 72 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 82.7 Write 87.5 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 72 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	485x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	235x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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