Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 00:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 709 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 89% 112 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.8 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 399 437 350 340 340 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 375 Mixed 427 SusWrite 386 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.1 195% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 348 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 309 266 272 350 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 47.7 Mixed 210 SusWrite 294 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 185 178% 280 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%
Lacie Rugged THB USB-C 2TB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 59GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 35 Write 34 Mixed 32 SusWrite 40.5 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 162% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

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