Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79% 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	93.9% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 203 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 389 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 82% 108 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 95 Splatting 92.1 73% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 254 222 208 206 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 444 Mixed 379 SusWrite 234 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 43.6 141% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 368 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 148 150 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 96.3 Mixed 104 SusWrite 148 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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