Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	48.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 650 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2740 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 152 Parallax 138 120% 146 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 81 77 66 100 77 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.5% Average	Read 279 Write 127 Mixed 246 SusWrite 86.3 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 19.9 80% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 20.8 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 76%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 324 327 326 325 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 314 Mixed 244 SusWrite 326 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 35 131% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 153 159% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 538GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 150 147 149 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 105 SusWrite 149 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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