Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 481 69% 507 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.4 82% 104 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 103 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 46 61 76 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 70.1 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 69.4 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 384GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 141 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 147 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 73 70 89 82 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 87.7 Write 46.8 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 78.5 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 2x4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 92%

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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