Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	291% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 235 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 493 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% 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 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.7 86% 102 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$180 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 730 911 1056 1125 1684 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,301 Write 1,758 Mixed 174 SusWrite 958 287% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 81.7 276% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,378 DQ Write 1,085 DQ Mixed 573 608% 1012 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 379%
Samsung MZ7KM480HAHP-00005 480GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 64GB free Firmware: GXM1103Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 220 238 274 299 426 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 448 Mixed 414 SusWrite 273 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 52.5 182% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 344 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
ST910082 4A 100GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 0501 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 4 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Read 3 Write 3.8 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 3.8 5% 3.58 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	383x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16