Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	118% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 664 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 452 448 454 446 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 477 Mixed 460 SusWrite 452 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 52.7 174% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 579GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 171 172 172 171 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 60.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 171 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 8x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 113%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $429

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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