Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 06:52
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 123 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 584 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PNY(196E 0995) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 27.9 16% 24.3 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 22.7 20% 25.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 95 78 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 435 Write 92.9 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 80.6 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 7.9 42% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 11.7 11% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 56%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 218GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 473 309 250 252 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 479 Mixed 382 SusWrite 322 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.2 147% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 328 246% 329 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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