Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 751 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 70.4 66% 76.8 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 62.7 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 782 Mixed 838 183% 818 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 26.4 122% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 96.5 158% 303 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 182%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 933 Mixed 1,130 267% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 52.8 225% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 190 200% 335 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2801 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 42.6 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 120%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $98Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $924

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