Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 701 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 78 74% 85.6 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 69 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 409 Mixed 311 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.1 166% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 321 251% 347 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 7GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 451 Mixed 334 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.3 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 329 256% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 215GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 51.5 Write 50.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 62.1 36% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF 9905471-081.A00LF 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	4x
1024G 1TBHs-ssd-e1000Bench 189%, 1,008 samples	4x
MTFDDAV512TBN-1AR15ABHA 512GBCrucialBench 78%, 710 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x
99U5471-055.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 163 samples	5x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $494

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