Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 477 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 32.5 22% 29.7 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 34.4 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 394 248 151 154 152 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 451 Write 469 Mixed 388 SusWrite 256 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.8 145% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 45.3 47% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 131 131 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 447 Write 136 Mixed 130 SusWrite 131 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 19 122% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 48.8 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 188 188 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 182 Mixed 122 SusWrite 187 128% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 105%

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	132x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

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