Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	236% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 257 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 791 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 1016 63% 1016 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 88%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 121% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 140 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1016 1054 979 965 968 907 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 1,121 Mixed 681 SusWrite 982 266% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 49.7 192% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1018 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 758 582% 801 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 301 158 142 122 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 462 Mixed 385 SusWrite 204 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 56.6 168% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 224GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 131 129 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 106 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 131 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 52.5 MC Mixed 43.6 137% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 24 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 117%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $891

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