Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 108%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	241% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 04:46
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 i5-6600K-$222 111,329 User benchmarks, average bench 89% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 146 SC Mixed 142 114% 142 Pts	QC Int 532 QC Float 570 QC Mixed 570 126% 557 Pts	MC Int 552 MC Float 578 MC Mixed 565 85% 565 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$200 50,173 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 269GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,222 338% 1,530 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 45.2 187% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 579 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 211 237% 407 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 278%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$94 15,538 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 101 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 154 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$218 3,631 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	25x
DDR4-2666 CL15 4GB DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 12GBAvexirBench 79%, 25 samples	24x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $226Bench 72%, 16,746 samples	17x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,217

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12