Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 24% Surfboard	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 17.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	59.1% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 8 years old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600-$215 15,200 User benchmarks - Average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	SC Int 23.4 SC Float 26 SC Mixed 24.6 20% 24.7 Pts	QC Int 84.8 QC Float 90.4 QC Mixed 90 20% 88.4 Pts	MC Int 85.7 MC Float 90.6 MC Mixed 91.8 13% 89.4 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 166,813 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 117 Reflection 143 Parallax 206 46% 155 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 196 Splatting 124 69% 158 fps
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$99 154,699 User benchmarks - Average bench 94% 140GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2924 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 456 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12296958077	81.7% Excellent	Read 500 Write 404 Mixed 212 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 26.7 105% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 53.4 56% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 115%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 1,236 User benchmarks - Average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.09% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 4.07 Mixed 5.93 9% 9.08 MB/s	4K Read 7.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 27% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.09% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$138 5,587 User benchmarks - Average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 20 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 94%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 95%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 94%, 154,699 samples	1,143x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $155Bench 97%, 92,736 samples	802x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $334Bench 181%, 15,328 samples	210x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $132Bench 72%, 11,838 samples	475x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 82%, 25,309 samples	452x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 18,016 samples	292x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,080

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $718	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $55	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13