Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	201% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 496 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 59.4 47% 61.7 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 54.7 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2MW400G4 400GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 SusWrite @10s intervals: 705 703 940 962 880 890 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 987 Mixed 555 SusWrite 847 175% 774 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 51.4 228% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,423 DQ Write 946 DQ Mixed 838 719% 1069 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 230%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 182 195 193 199 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 173 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 191 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 340% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 1x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 64%

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	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	25x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,364

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16