Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 450 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 112% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 138 129 130 128 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 483 Write 456 Mixed 295 SusWrite 137 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 33.6 115% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 138 158% 273 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 216GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 467 462 463 463 464 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 464 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 46.6 150% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 370 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 194 190 176 179 198 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 100 Mixed 73 SusWrite 182 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x8GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	9x
530 Series 180GBIntelBench 71%, 4,011 samples	8x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	7x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $179

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16