Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 495 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 142% 192 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 427 434 453 445 443 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 439 Mixed 338 SusWrite 437 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 34.1 108% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 164 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 118%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 819GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 10.5 Write 109 Mixed 11.3 SusWrite 99.8 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 62%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 1TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 124GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 48 45 46 42 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 72 Write 43.9 Mixed 37 SusWrite 45.3 63% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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