Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	320% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 498 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Zotac(19DA 6222) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 0.3 2% 1.57 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 1.9 2% 2.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2238 806 800 806 805 808 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,417 Write 2,091 Mixed 1,651 SusWrite 1,044 403% 1,801 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 96.5 308% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,594 DQ Write 1,269 DQ Mixed 1,414 1,063% 1,426 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 355%
HFS500G32TND-3112A 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 366GB free Firmware: 30060P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 320 192 143 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 415 Mixed 383 SusWrite 226 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.4 158% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 313 244% 337 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 643GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 104 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE 2x8GB 5,535 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 30.9 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16