Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$187 286,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 529 73% 533 Pts	64-Core 512 34% 512 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$109 111,855 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 2,461 Write 1,092 Mixed 1242 350% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 85.2 288% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 1,184 DQ Mixed 1,012 781% 1,055 MB/s
Poor: 155% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$68 392,883 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 222GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 114 110 102 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 72 SusWrite 110 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 82,047 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 25.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 48%

Yacht

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	59x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 204,473 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	134x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 82,047 samples	49x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $950

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16