Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 14:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 693 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 25.2 22% 22.3 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 19 15% 17.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 464 469 466 462 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 368 SusWrite 455 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.2 182% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 123 125 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 104%

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16