Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 420 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.41 4% 4.21 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$35 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 417 422 414 414 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 408 Mixed 297 SusWrite 407 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.8 134% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 69 121% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 190 190 189 186 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 127 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 187 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
AI Mass Storage 32GB 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.94% Terrible	Read 30 Write 22.3 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 15.1 26% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.94% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

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	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

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