Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 581 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 102 Parallax 90.7 80% 97.2 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 74.1 68% 83.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 460 453 456 380 296 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 450 Mixed 423 SusWrite 418 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 40.1 134% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 368 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 139 140 133 137 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 69.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 137 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 74%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 137 137 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 79 SusWrite 136 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

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