Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 90 2-Core 180 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 356 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 68.7 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 75.2 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 328 370 372 257 115 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 489 Write 363 Mixed 324 SusWrite 299 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 32.8 112% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 197 176% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 103%
WD HDD 500GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 107GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 70 70 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 73 Write 79 Mixed 46 SusWrite 70.3 91% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	88x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16