Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 268 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 832 78% 650 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2585 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 131 Parallax 99.4 96% 116 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM05.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 182 179 150 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 924 Write 206 Mixed 305 SusWrite 174 88% 402 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.9 162% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 290 221% 306 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 210%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 1,616 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 26GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 32 55 54 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 56.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 45.2 48% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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