Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	80.2% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5690 2,873 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU-A (00), 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 176 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 692 62% 522 Pts	64-Core 1,304 81% 1,304 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.54 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.8 83% 103 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 82.9 72% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD 480GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	80.2% Excellent	Read 702 Write 427 Mixed 530 122% 553 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 10.9 74% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 10.5 36% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%
Elite Pro USB 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 774GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 117 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power64G 64GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 50GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 20.6 Mixed 15.1 26% 23 MB/s	4K Read 3.39 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.47 79% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 24.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples	203x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples	124x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56801stBench 71%, 2,389 samples	59x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	47x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	25x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x

Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $236

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