Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 503 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 93% 113 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 85 77% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 121 112 67 61 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 341 Write 124 Mixed 183 SusWrite 98.6 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 13.3 65% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 22.6 44% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 277GB free Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,894 Write 6,631 Mixed 5806 1,300% 5,777 MB/s	4K Read 432 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 168 932% 240 MB/s	DQ Read 1,698 DQ Write 1,499 DQ Mixed 1,613 1,206% 1,603 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 463GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 105 106 107 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 89.1 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 104 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	19x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	18x

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $387

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