Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 441 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1561 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 78.9 73% 86 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 79 Splatting 71 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 230 218 237 244 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 347 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 239 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 38.8 140% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 65.8 124% 249 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 515GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 196 Write 209 Mixed 67 SusWrite 97.7 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.6 444% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 788GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 80.3 Write 91 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 84.5 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CH9 2x8GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	107x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	101x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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