Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	102% 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 (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 80.7 2-Core 196 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 733 67% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 218 213 202 196 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 472 Mixed 362 SusWrite 218 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 227 204% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 144 142 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 130 SusWrite 144 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 75%

Battleship

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	18x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 2x8GBUnknownBench 96%, 5,257 samples	12x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	9x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 829 samples	6x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $923

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16