Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 598 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3650 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 89.3 78% 93.5 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 77.7 74% 92.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 81 73 73 69 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 463 Write 451 Mixed 297 SusWrite 88 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 38.2 148% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 171 183% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 289GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 164 164 164 164 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 92.1 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 154 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.7 323% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 111GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 77.8 Write 79.4 Mixed 61 SusWrite 66.1 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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