Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	93.4% 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 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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 206 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 665 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 139 104% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 122 Splatting 114 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 344 343 317 270 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 350 Mixed 325 SusWrite 306 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 48.9 161% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 209 157% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 134%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 235 243 239 238 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 247 Mixed 107 SusWrite 239 152% 209 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.8 394% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

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