Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 405 45% 355 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 87% 110 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.7 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 289 276 262 262 257 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 453 Mixed 373 SusWrite 282 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.9 184% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 156 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 180 178 181 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 182 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 2x8GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 73%

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 10%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	4x
1024G 1TBHs-ssd-e1000Bench 189%, 1,008 samples	4x
MTFDDAV512TBN-1AR15ABHA 512GBCrucialBench 78%, 710 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x
99U5471-055.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 163 samples	5x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $494

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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