Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 1.80GHz 109 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 59 2-Core 118 51% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 417 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 75.4 68% 81.2 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 68.8 61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 206 214 217 219 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 329 Write 356 Mixed 285 SusWrite 219 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 17.8 84% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 113 107% 164 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBR2 4x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 101%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16