Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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 as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 698 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 108 Parallax 88.8 69% 93.8 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 85.4 Splatting 88.2 72% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 233 74 94 118 129 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 1,038 Mixed 928 SusWrite 259 182% 811 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 78.3 290% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 1,047 DQ Mixed 513 451% 651 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 253%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: LDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 128 127 125 106 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 109 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 117 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 179GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 154 144 106 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 108 Write 50.8 Mixed 75 SusWrite 139 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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