Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131120
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 23:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 599 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 94% 114 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.6 80% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 418 Write 166 Mixed 253 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.6 167% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 132 143% 242 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 34GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 97 150 114 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 114 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 876GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 132 134 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 132 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 51%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	26x

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $761

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