Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 206 88% 148 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 697 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1657 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 98% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 109 102 101 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 338 Write 108 Mixed 120 SusWrite 102 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 19.8 95% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 42 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 543GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 175 175 175 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 86.2 Write 132 Mixed 78 SusWrite 175 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 112%
TDKMedia Gold 3.0 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 069c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.7 11 10 10 9.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	Read 60.5 Write 54 Mixed 36 SusWrite 10.1 50% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 121% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 27.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	26x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,367

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16