Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 514 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 68.1 56% 68.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 53.6 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,405 Write 668 Mixed 510 188% 861 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 219 4K Mixed 57.7 270% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 62.5 201% 463 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3GB free Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 360 Write 379 Mixed 330 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 53.5 162% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 26.4 66% 138 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Inte SSDSA2M160G2GC 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 16GB free Firmware: 2CV1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 84 70 59 82 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 238 Write 104 Mixed 133 SusWrite 73.5 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 11.5 84% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 12.1 38% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 29.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95% 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16