Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$390 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 925 86% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,318 82% 1,318 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3090 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 207 Parallax 204 159% 202 fps	MRender 149 Gravity 201 Splatting 136 130% 162 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 464 471 464 463 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 460 Mixed 386 SusWrite 461 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 48.8 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 465GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 481 485 470 425 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 459 Mixed 443 SusWrite 440 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.9 184% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 227GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2252 772 785 786 786 783 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,442 Write 2,247 Mixed 1,751 SusWrite 1,027 418% 1,867 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 93.2 317% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 912 692% 937 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 48 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 39.6 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	29x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	15x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	13x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $774

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