Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.46% 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	110% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 686 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11 Parallax 8.5 6% 9.18 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S-2T00 2TB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 415 412 416 438 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 439 Mixed 354 SusWrite 415 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.5 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 236 204% 304 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 120%
Asmt USB3.0 3TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 607GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 38.9 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 21.1 24% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.9 214% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 87%
Asmt USB3.0 3TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 317GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 21 21 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 41.6 Write 41.5 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 21.5 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 253% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16