Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.1% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 193 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 611 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.78% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.08 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.14 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.78% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 296 139 124 121 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 422 Write 440 Mixed 367 SusWrite 196 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 39.5 141% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 462GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 135 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 848 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 118GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 35 Mixed 37 SusWrite 86.5 72% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.2 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	20x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	14x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $457

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16