Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	294% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 223 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 431 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 83.4 Parallax 79.1 76% 85.2 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 73.7 70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1152 1411 1639 1372 1214 1142 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 1,770 Write 1,508 Mixed 991 SusWrite 1,322 313% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 80 276% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,391 DQ Write 1,169 DQ Mixed 1,286 962% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 410%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 7.1 6.9 6.8 7.5 7.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 5.8 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 7.1 13% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

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