Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 488 64% 484 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 330 127 85 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 436 Mixed 390 SusWrite 184 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60 206% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 90GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 195 76 76 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 276 Mixed 393 SusWrite 146 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.6 179% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 237 199% 285 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $157

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