Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (57^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 665 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3251) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 95.1 80% 97.4 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 87 Splatting 71.6 65% 81.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$30 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 94 82 97 92 57 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 484 Write 272 Mixed 325 SusWrite 108 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 33.5 149% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 1.5 DQ Mixed 7.8 33% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 169 170 169 168 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 92.3 Write 139 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 168 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 329% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 161 161 163 166 146 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 19.8 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 153 70% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-455.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5402-455.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	169x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	129x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	106x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	166x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	117x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	72x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $748

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