Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 387 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.2 80% 101 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 81.6 71% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 820GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 98.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 99.7 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 67%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 920GB free Firmware: 3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 105 Write 74 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 108 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

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	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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