Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	144% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 475 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.3 80% 99.6 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 85.6 71% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 416 406 403 391 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,204 Write 724 Mixed 523 SusWrite 412 159% 716 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.5 166% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 366 293% 425 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 243%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 26GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 300 313 309 288 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 436 Write 335 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 305 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 10.5 46% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 13.6 13% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 160GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 102 101 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 101 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 101 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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