Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 833 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 82 Parallax 73.8 65% 78.4 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 64.7 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 384GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 1,183 Mixed 1,321 293% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 38.9 157% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 198 231% 397 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 332%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5284 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1913 (B1) Unknown 92 92 263 (B2) Unknown 92 92 192 (B3) Unknown 92 92 379 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	159% Outstanding	Read 978 Write 802 Mixed 821 193% 867 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.7 180% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 111 148% 276 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 22.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	32x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	27x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

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