Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	120% 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.

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

PC Performing above expectations (76^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 639 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 106% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 208 161 164 142 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 411 SusWrite 180 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.3 232% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung MZYLN256HCHP-000L2 256GB 1,732 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 65GB free Firmware: EMT63L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 165 158 146 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 256 Mixed 250 SusWrite 162 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 43.6 184% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 240 198% 287 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 163 160 160 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 156 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 160 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

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