Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 486 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 126 Parallax 126 93% 122 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.7 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 474 Mixed 306 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 42.8 152% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 184 188% 306 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 393GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 482 468 479 478 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 469 Mixed 416 SusWrite 478 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 54.1 169% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 196 192 196 199 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 195 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 197 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 242% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	114x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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