Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.6% 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	321% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 12:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 750 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 19.4 Parallax 15 14% 17.2 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 10.7 10% 12 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2243 832 831 830 832 829 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,415 Write 2,132 Mixed 1,692 SusWrite 1,066 409% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 99 328% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,386 DQ Write 1210 DQ Mixed 1,249 950% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 355%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 16GB 7GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 20 21 21 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 17GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 34 24 31 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 131 Write 31.1 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 43.8 79% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.5 149% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 47%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

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