Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 3.87 4% 4.87 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 457 471 476 484 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 372 SusWrite 472 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 325 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 77GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 34 34 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 41.3 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 33.5 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 44%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 74 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 74.8 Write 71.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 73.1 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

Yacht

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	135x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	38x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	90x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	83x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $667

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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