Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 612 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro 2270 480 User benchmarks, average bench 1% AMD(1002 0126) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.1010 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.99% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.44 1% 1.37 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.28 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.99% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 732GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 410 419 418 405 411 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 447 Mixed 396 SusWrite 412 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 49.3 165% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 45GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 72 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 72.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 73.5 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 44%
Adaptec Array 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 807GB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 18 20 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 9% Great: 26%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 4.4 7.4 6.4 7.5 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	5.47% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 3 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 6.4 9% 8.38 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.47% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 8x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

RAM
DDR3 1866 4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 420 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	16x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	16x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $797

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