Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 187 80% 134 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 488 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 84.3 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 76.2 69% 82.4 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 68.5 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 266 174 123 119 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 351 Write 293 Mixed 276 SusWrite 169 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 29.9 107% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 107 92% 132 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 92%
Origin lnception MLC800 Series 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 437GB free Firmware: Q1112A SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 379 417 427 425 426 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.8% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 429 Mixed 319 SusWrite 386 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 28.2 115% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 206 178% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 123GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 87 86 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 72 Write 118 Mixed 57 SusWrite 85.3 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.1 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 3x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $576

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16