Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 590 66% 518 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 149 Parallax 124 108% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 234GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 395 404 404 404 404 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 481 Write 402 Mixed 304 SusWrite 400 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 25.1 90% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 156 127% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 77 74 72 64 68 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.9% Average	Read 260 Write 108 Mixed 127 SusWrite 73.4 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 19.5 83% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 46.5 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 314GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 173 173 179 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 339 Write 240 Mixed 266 SusWrite 172 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 36.9 123% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 136 108% 151 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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