Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	233% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 1,025 92% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,367 85% 1,367 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled) 571 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 78.7 147% 108 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 52.5 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-512V2S-11 2.5 7mm 512GB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 442GB free Firmware: FC9110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 701 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2643 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 65 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 150 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 652326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1028895	105% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 404 Mixed 454 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37.8 148% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 81.7 124% 234 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1,329 Mixed 1,294 311% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 58.1 226% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 220 227% 373 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 52.1 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 44.6 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 148%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $924

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