Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	93.7% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (79^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 473 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 101 Parallax 88.9 79% 95.8 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 91.9 73% 88.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 83 165 99 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 384 SusWrite 170 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.3 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 203 185% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 100%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 931GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 435 370 369 361 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 483 Mixed 384 SusWrite 392 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.9 190% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 262 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 896GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 177 177 174 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 120 Mixed 106 SusWrite 176 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

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