Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 402 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 78.8 66% 80.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 377GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 392 406 417 396 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 412 Mixed 409 SusWrite 392 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 50.3 175% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 275 222% 313 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 392 408 418 399 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 412 Mixed 299 SusWrite 394 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 37.2 139% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 160 156% 246 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 147%, 1,440 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
Raid 0 Volume 480GBIntelBench 105%, 11,256 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	3x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	3x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	3x

Value: 134% - Outstanding

Total price: $253

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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