Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.45% 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	249% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 613 83% 617 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4614 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.45% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 8.81 7% 10.3 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 18.4 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,687 Write 1,113 Mixed 1,298 372% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 39.6 231% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 67.8 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 39.6 54% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 63GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 211 100 723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4603 (A6) Unknown 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 90 (A9) Unknown 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 68 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1903 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 231928234020 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 44 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6222 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5463 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5923	65.3% Good	Read 481 Write 203 Mixed 286 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 3.62 111% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 3.8 24% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x4GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 30 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $640

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