Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 489 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 863E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 67.6 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 75 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 193 178 153 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 369 Write 250 Mixed 257 SusWrite 169 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 29.4 130% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 138 133% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 91%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 956GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 115 106 103 115 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 126 Write 109 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 111 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX M378B5273CH0-CK0 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	107x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $278