Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 638 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8619) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 71.3 64% 76.9 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 76 Splatting 78.3 67% 82 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 237 235 218 221 216 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.2% Very good	Read 260 Write 244 Mixed 236 SusWrite 228 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 37.2 122% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 431GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 98 95 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 88 Write 95 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 97.9 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 140GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 76.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 76.2 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 14 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 85%, 3,736 samples	12x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

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