Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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 as expected (50^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 539 70% 528 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9466 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 3.8 Parallax 8.3 6% 6.43 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 0.3 3% 4.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 424 417 393 430 430 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 441 Mixed 428 SusWrite 407 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.9 174% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 189GB free Firmware: JKAOA3GB SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 70 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 87.9 Write 93.6 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 70.7 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 88%

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 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	246x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	311x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	132x

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $665

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