Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 194 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 703 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 1008 62% 1008 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZHPU512HCGL-00004 512GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6501Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 148 151 147 151 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 346 Write 304 Mixed 262 SusWrite 155 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 18.6 62% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 213 167% 235 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 87%
Samsung MZHPU512HCGL-00004 512GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 352GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 862 887 864 870 843 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 41.5 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 135%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $905

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