Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	239% 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	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 (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 728 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 129 100% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 118 Splatting 103 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 780GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 1479 1383 1152 1093 953 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1418 Write 1,541 Mixed 1,045 SusWrite 1,256 296% 1315 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 71.3 245% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 271 316% 541 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 255%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 528GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 178 Write 122 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 100 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-2400 4x4GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 38.4 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	32x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	27x

Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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