Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 961 86% 725 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 118 Parallax 72.9 61% 88.5 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 76 Splatting 71.6 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-240 240GB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 84 62 83 49 69 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 362 Write 153 Mixed 197 SusWrite 65.4 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 28 103% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 125 99% 138 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 92%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 180GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 426 426 427 428 426 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 1,635 Mixed 1,315 SusWrite 508 283% 1,263 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.5 225% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 624 455% 597 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 237%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 89 98 90 102 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 178 Write 148 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 96.4 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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