Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92% 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	102% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 754 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 97% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 95.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 82 86 87 80 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 476 Mixed 380 SusWrite 111 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 56 193% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 236 210% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 89GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 59 59 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 66 Mixed 46 SusWrite 58.7 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 564GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 168 168 167 169 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 64 SusWrite 168 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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