Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% 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	118% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 714 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 91% 109 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 90.6 74% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 458 248 125 120 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 442 SusWrite 256 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.9 212% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 832GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 33 39 37 33 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 35.5 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 35.6 45% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3466 C16 3x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90% 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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $736

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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16