Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 above expectations (65^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-$50 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 490 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 91 Parallax 80.2 71% 86.2 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 72.3 64% 79.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 156 157 160 160 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 290 Write 182 Mixed 197 SusWrite 157 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 31.2 108% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 39.3 41% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 761GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 71.1 Write 77.8 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 113 50% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$23 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 214GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 104 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 04EF Team-Elite-1600 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	104x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $247