Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 492 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 79.2 68% 82.5 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 71.7 63% 77.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 326 Write 230 Mixed 290 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 11.2 73% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 59 51% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 101%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 42GB free Firmware: 3 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 199 Write 107 Mixed 75.3 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 6.89 61% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 23.9 26% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 87GB free Firmware: 0-10 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 89.3 Mixed 66.8 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 37GB free Firmware: 5G04 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 104 Write 114 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.43 139% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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