Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 08:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$111 342,244 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 (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 417 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 9 Parallax 8.3 6% 8.2 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 206 214 207 217 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 438 Mixed 214 SusWrite 210 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 42.7 146% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 257 205% 291 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$66 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 848GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 147 149 153 151 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 149 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 34.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	181x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $30Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $54Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	143x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	193x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	155x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	97x

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,037

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16