Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.4% 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	101% 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	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 above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 699 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 26 23% 23.2 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 19.6 15% 18 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 124 121 119 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 485 Mixed 323 SusWrite 148 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 51.3 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 183 186% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 166 161 161 164 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 122 Write 153 Mixed 75 SusWrite 156 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 227% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 288GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 68.7 Write 72 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 68.3 87% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x4GB 850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 102%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	72x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	55x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $490

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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