Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.3% 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	57.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-3820-$356 26,068 User benchmarks, average bench 62% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	1-Core 91.6 2-Core 152 59% 122 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 479 51% 398 Pts	64-Core 480 32% 480 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$480 127,332 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Lighting 305 Reflection 282 Parallax 314 80% 300 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 285 Splatting 196 78% 225 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$285 73,020 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 146 156 157 157 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 346 Write 153 Mixed 204 SusWrite 156 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 28 92% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 152 104% 127 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$50 133,593 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 187 187 187 188 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 188 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$50 133,593 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 180 184 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 151 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 182 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 54%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 13,120 samples	126x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 18,845 samples	113x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 67%, 1,263 samples	80x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,268

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16