Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.9% 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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 660 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 79 Parallax 79.8 64% 79 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 72 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 90 71 71 82 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 478 Mixed 338 SusWrite 139 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 46.5 157% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 233 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 163 162 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 142 Mixed 109 SusWrite 163 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 109%
HGST 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 127 127 125 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 126 152% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 90%, 4,583 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $117Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	10x
BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 4x8GBCrucialBench 107%, 871 samples	10x

Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $1,104

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