Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	91.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 705 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 117 90% 115 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 84.3 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 99 228 169 234 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 439 Mixed 366 SusWrite 200 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 53.1 179% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 352 190% 170 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 698GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 351 920 651 940 895 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,161 Write 1638 Mixed 796 SusWrite 752 297% 1,337 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 70.6 237% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 993 DQ Write 791 DQ Mixed 377 422% 720 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 372%
Seagate Backup+ RD 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 492GB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 8.5 24 15 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 28.8 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 17.8 26% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 17% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 95%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16