Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 402 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.5 63% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.5 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 45 47 47 49 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 183GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 107 109 106 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 102 Write 79 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 108 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

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