Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 174 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 376 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 64.9 61% 71.7 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 72.3 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 117 143 137 143 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 164 SusWrite 135 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 20.2 77% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 40.6 34% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 132 158 160 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 151 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905471-011.A00LF 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	90x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16