Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.74% 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	149% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 705 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

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. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.11 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 310 309 308 307 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 722 Write 600 Mixed 469 SusWrite 340 119% 533 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56 217% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 636 509% 716 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 236%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 171 173 173 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 77 SusWrite 171 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.1 6 6 6.4 6.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 125 Write 6.2 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 6.1 30% 37 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 54% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 98%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	24x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,567

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