Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	116% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 530 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 147 Reflection 145 Parallax 139 120% 144 fps	Gravity 143 Splatting 112 111% 128 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 341 266 256 245 235 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 436 Mixed 376 SusWrite 279 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.8 204% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 125GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 39 Write 38.5 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 39.9 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 49%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 107 SusWrite 94.3 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 29 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

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