Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 585 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 73.3 65% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 148 162 149 134 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 331 Write 244 Mixed 258 SusWrite 147 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 34.4 133% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 181 144% 198 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 571GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 147 147 146 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 119 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 146 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 53.3 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 48.1 138% 48.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	43x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	26x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

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