Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 23:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 213 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 702 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2959) 2GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 31.4 30% 34.5 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 0.04 17% 23.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 83 71 58 65 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 101 Write 114 Mixed 19 SusWrite 73.1 55% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 559GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 97 94 95 100 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 73.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 97.2 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 71 68 61 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 78.8 Write 66.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 66.9 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 1,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 10.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	32x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

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