Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 870 86% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 157 Parallax 147 121% 151 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 209GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,431 342% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58.5 227% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 194 206% 346 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 247%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 940 Mixed 954 213% 954 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 25.9 138% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 25.5 32% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 159 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 48.4 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 48.8 136% 47.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 120%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	29x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	15x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	13x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $774

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