Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 587 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 84.7 69% 85.9 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 78 Splatting 69.7 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 132 133 132 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 336 Write 220 Mixed 212 SusWrite 131 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 22.6 80% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 114 85% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 465GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 142 137 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 336 Write 232 Mixed 244 SusWrite 139 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 38 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 153 113% 148 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 123%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 82 78 77 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 80.4 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 1x4GB 1,270 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.3% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 35%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples	24x

Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $666

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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