Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	82.1% 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 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 (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 161 Parallax 154 123% 155 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 144 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	82.1% Excellent	Read 520 Write 335 Mixed 412 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 27.9 98% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 58.5 92% 177 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	112% Outstanding	Read 221 Write 170 Mixed 178 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 185GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	75% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 129 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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