Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 174 78% 129 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 645 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.27% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 109 Parallax 0.8 0% 36.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 98 94 103 96 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 172 Write 73.1 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 87.1 18% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 22.2 68% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 86.5 90% 152 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 746GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 191 192 193 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 200 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 193 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 40 43 39 43 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 148 Write 57.6 Mixed 106 SusWrite 37.7 105% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.2 69% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 25.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.9 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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