Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 801 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 112 90% 113 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 97 Splatting 86.4 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,253 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,517 386% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 59.9 234% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 33.8 122% 282 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 283%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (10) Unknown 0 200 74609924 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 112 111 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.36 128% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 34.3 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	24x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,567

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