Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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 (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 566 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 84 Parallax 74.6 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 75 Splatting 67.2 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 354 424 271 130 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 460 Write 403 Mixed 388 SusWrite 246 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 23 123% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 45.2 93% 184 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 599GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 113 114 112 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 62 SusWrite 114 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 319GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 96 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 93 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 94.8 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $500

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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