Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	105% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 199 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 542 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 142 Parallax 129 113% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 786GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 398 466 481 484 458 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 409 Mixed 338 SusWrite 432 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 40.6 146% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 294 242% 346 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 137%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 394 448 427 323 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 466 Mixed 440 SusWrite 356 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 59.4 194% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 693GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 184 188 189 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 155 Mixed 28 SusWrite 183 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	4x

RAM
ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 52%, 245 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 2,705 samples	4x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $280

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16