Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 185 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 584 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 118% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 83 65 65 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 290 Write 134 Mixed 159 SusWrite 70 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 25 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 93.8 86% 133 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 207 211 201 216 143 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.5% Very good	Read 228 Write 214 Mixed 212 SusWrite 198 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 40.6 132% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 162 126% 173 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 294GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4 4.5 4.5 4.9 12 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Read 8 Write 3.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.6 4% 5.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 36.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16