Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.64% 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	191% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 458 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.75 6% 9.21 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 482 424 428 429 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 908 Mixed 803 SusWrite 445 174% 775 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 74.1 259% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 1,194 DQ Mixed 725 632% 926 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 191%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 113 116 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 117 Write 102 Mixed 74 SusWrite 115 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.8 251% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 388GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 84 88 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 81.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 87.7 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $254

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16