Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 579 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 85.1 86% 94.3 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 79.4 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 256 182 173 158 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 321 Mixed 372 SusWrite 217 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 55.5 171% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 42GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 46 45 46 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 45.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 45.1 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 189 191 189 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 180 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 186 210% 166 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 7.9 676% 9.8 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 10.6 827% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	42x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $855

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