Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 523 73% 540 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.5 7% 9.83 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB CLim: 1343 MHz, MLim: 1512 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 148 145 122 140 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 302 Mixed 314 SusWrite 167 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 52.8 169% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 270 204% 274 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 113GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 153 159 131 154 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 89.3 Write 104 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 149 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 123%
WDC WD20 02FAEX-007BA0 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 113GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 73 77 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.2% Below average	Read 77.3 Write 76.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 76.6 96% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 109%

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	554x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	384x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16