Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 584 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 94% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 220 Mixed 178 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 20 104% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 19.1 60% 128 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 83%
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 279 263 265 264 264 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 444 Mixed 431 SusWrite 256 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 54.9 180% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 46.9 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 117%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 604GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 103 106 106 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 184 Write 120 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 106 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 65%

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 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	58x

SSD
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	36x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	27x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x

Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $231

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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