Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 1091 93% 801 Pts	64-Core 1,786 110% 1,786 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 96 82% 102 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 87.3 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 185 163 168 214 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 308 Mixed 227 SusWrite 188 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 38.8 150% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 151 154% 252 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 80GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 407 413 361 408 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 438 Mixed 288 SusWrite 389 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 38.8 150% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 165 171% 280 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 211GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 423 444 440 434 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 472 Mixed 266 SusWrite 429 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 39.8 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 163 173% 287 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	136% Outstanding	MC Read 57.5 MC Write 55.4 MC Mixed 49.1 154% 54 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 137%

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 $92Bench 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 $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