Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 597 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 69.3 64% 73.4 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 71 Splatting 61.6 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 350 355 360 362 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 360 Mixed 322 SusWrite 327 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.4 156% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 195 170% 251 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 130GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 92 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 85.9 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 94 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 152 154 152 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 173 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 155 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 71%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 20GBUnknownBench 54%, 5 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	4x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	4x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $453

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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