Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	89.2% 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 (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 77 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 161 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 491 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 123 Reflection 226 Parallax 136 100% 162 fps	Gravity 127 Splatting 112 105% 119 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10E SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 378 359 382 389 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 438 Write 384 Mixed 279 SusWrite 379 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 30.5 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 219 195% 294 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 101%
Kingmax 480GB 480GB 740 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 105GB free Firmware: .4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 437 430 440 442 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 454 Mixed 446 SusWrite 439 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 37.4 129% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 316 228% 293 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 117 120 119 115 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 110 Write 124 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 113 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.3 200% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0x393955353437312D3034302E4130304C46 2x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1334 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	821x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	456x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	425x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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