Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 292 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 569 66% 514 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1672 MHz, MLim: 1995 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 104% 127 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 114 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 375 260 125 121 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 360 Write 378 Mixed 294 SusWrite 227 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 34.9 151% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 254 210% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 453GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 178 176 176 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 134 Mixed 76 SusWrite 176 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 67 67 67 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 27.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 65.5 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GMW.AUC0B 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

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

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16