Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 200 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 428 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 82% 106 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96.3 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 273 242 228 224 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 712 Write 263 Mixed 363 SusWrite 241 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.9 148% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 907 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 331 314% 508 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 207%
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 125GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 68 68 68 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 68.5 Write 63 Mixed 39 SusWrite 66.8 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 53%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 249GB free Firmware: 00.0NS03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 80.5 Write 78 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 87.2 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 15.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 95%

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	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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