Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.6% 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	92.1% 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	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 (79^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 561 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.17% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 11 0% 5.57 fps	MRender 1.2 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.9 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.17% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 1380) 2GB CLim: 1476 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 22.3 19% 21.6 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 18.1 18% 23.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 176 160 154 166 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 284 Mixed 204 SusWrite 171 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.8 166% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 190 167% 250 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 500GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 419 420 415 400 416 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 462 Write 421 Mixed 383 SusWrite 415 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 25.6 108% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 38.5 85% 168 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 522GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 117 108 103 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 127 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 110 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 49%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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