Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% 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 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% 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	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 535 73% 542 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

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: 442.59 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 84% 108 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 88.2 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 253 417 423 204 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 439 Mixed 419 SusWrite 307 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.2 201% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 209 184% 275 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 379GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 108 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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