Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 661 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Sapphire(174B 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 109 Parallax 96 82% 102 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 86 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GB 1,315 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 176 Mixed 17 48% 225 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 35.4 121% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 135 130% 208 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 153 153 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 142 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 151 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 8,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

SSD
CV1-8B128 128GBLiteonBench 69%, 9,472 samples	56x
CV1-8B256 256GBLiteonBench 77%, 8,101 samples	47x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GF 128GBKingstonBench 59%, 301 samples	32x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	149x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	28x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	24x

Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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