Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 86.3%, 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 489 62% 470 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 205 Parallax 203 150% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 239 238 237 233 224 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 450 Mixed 373 SusWrite 248 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46 168% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 367 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 189 186 189 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 148 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 185 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 510GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 118 Write 39.2 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 38.2 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1866 CL9 Series 8502 1600 CL9 Series 8502 1866 CL9 Series 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	58x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $391

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