Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	94.3% 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 (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 710 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 82% 107 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.6 79% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 374 361 339 320 297 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 416 Mixed 266 SusWrite 347 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 37.1 128% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 131 155% 271 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 96GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 378 380 380 380 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 446 Mixed 417 SusWrite 390 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50 172% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%

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 @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

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