Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 693 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 68 55 74 61 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 444 Write 393 Mixed 325 SusWrite 69.6 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 29.6 125% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 108 117% 191 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 331GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 120 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 73.7 Write 57.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 118 101% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 63%
HDT72252 5DLAT80 250GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 174GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 37 Write 35.7 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 36.3 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	31x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	25x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	10x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $207

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16