Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100F-$70 39,812 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 638 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 82.6 71% 87.4 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 81 Splatting 71.9 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0C 500GB 3,120 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 403 272 268 266 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,511 Write 1,525 Mixed 1,118 SusWrite 370 253% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.2 199% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 841 629% 842 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 238%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 158GB free Firmware: GR2OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 77.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 84.5 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 417GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 108 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 108 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 2,176 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	153x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	246x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	191x

Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

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