Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 500 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 125 Parallax 78.1 65% 94.2 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 68.5 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Innovation IT 480GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 17 405 11 12 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 502 Write 425 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 88.1 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.7 31% 8.53 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 63%

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

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RAM

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16