Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 111 2-Core 186 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 366 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 201 Parallax 204 156% 198 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 180 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NFS061SA312-6007200 120GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0720A SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 114 70 70 74 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 433 Write 365 Mixed 349 SusWrite 96.5 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.7 160% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 121 147% 258 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 212GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 102 102 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 98.6 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 100 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 65%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 117 125 124 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 117 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	26x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,367

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16