Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.9% 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.

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 52.9 1-Core 26.7 2-Core 95.7 34% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 527 49% 410 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0466) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1140 MHz, MLim: 1414 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.4% Poor	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 81.7 4% 41.9 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 74.6 53% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 292 289 283 234 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 470 Write 455 Mixed 366 SusWrite 280 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 38 123% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 360 267% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 360GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 103 105 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 57 SusWrite 105 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 229GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 154 151 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 31 SusWrite 156 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$45 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 11 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 150 27% 150 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 80%

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $892

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16