Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 251 97% 169 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 423 51% 394 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 147 Parallax 149 105% 142 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 146 Splatting 0.1 61% 85.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 272 200 35 146 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 183 Mixed 139 SusWrite 162 108% 507 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 7.4 66% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 236%
Amd-raid WDC WDS500G2B0A- 500GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 83GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 128 271 54 188 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 227 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 166 169% 233 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 3.4 1,422% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 173%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 851GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 83 121 34 115 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 177 Write 147 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 90.9 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1 169% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	390x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	224x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	221x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16