Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 716 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 145 Parallax 139 119% 143 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 124 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 95 76 83 77 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 252 Write 115 Mixed 179 SusWrite 82.2 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.3 149% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 95.1 75% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 478GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 141 153 153 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 165 Write 134 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 145 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,175 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	167x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	128x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	165x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	117x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	71x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

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