Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 548 72% 543 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 70.8 68% 78.7 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 76.8 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 187 176 170 153 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 340 Write 263 Mixed 267 SusWrite 166 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.4 167% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 190 154% 214 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 547GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 63 64 69 64 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 45 SusWrite 65 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.6 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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