Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 430 63% 462 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 56.1 Parallax 99.8 63% 77.7 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 70.8 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 511 606 541 553 535 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 803 Write 995 Mixed 565 SusWrite 621 168% 746 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 647 DQ Mixed 586 486% 704 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 207%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 147 132 124 110 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 360 Write 146 Mixed 200 SusWrite 132 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 39.4 140% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 145 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 116 118 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%

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 58%

Gunboat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16