Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 513 65% 492 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 119% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 43 48 50 46 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 452 Mixed 318 SusWrite 90.5 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 60.7 211% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 336 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 36GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 93 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 451 Mixed 351 SusWrite 118 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.8 163% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 181 179% 284 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 183 184 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 170 Mixed 106 SusWrite 184 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD 1x8GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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