Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.6% 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	146% 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.

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

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 04:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 81.8 2-Core 221 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 429 50% 390 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 18.9 18% 18.9 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 19.9 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW01 1TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 856GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 697 683 691 699 702 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 601 Write 626 Mixed 490 SusWrite 690 136% 602 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 43.4 154% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 934 646% 803 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 271%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 616GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 108 107 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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