Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.6% 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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 468 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; NE51060015J9-1061D, Palit GeForce® GTX 1060 DUAL CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 74.4 69% 81.5 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 78.7 64% 78.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 325 304 328 331 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 333 Mixed 272 SusWrite 308 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 41.7 151% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 211 192% 294 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 252GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 66 SusWrite 68.9 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905471-001.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 18GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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) $35	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