Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.1% 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	244% 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	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 01:59
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 248 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 701 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8753) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 88.4 76% 89.2 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 76.2 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1021 844 845 845 843 845 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,810 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 874 346% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 64.5 228% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 958 709% 940 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 288%
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 465GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 837 839 840 837 840 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,994 Write 1,849 Mixed 1,511 SusWrite 892 350% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 66.8 233% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,169 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 1,046 786% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 288%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 27GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.4 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 5.1 8% 6.55 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2Z4600C18 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 22.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 118%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 178%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 177%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16