Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 91 2-Core 173 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 416 41% 336 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.11.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 41.4 28% 35.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 34.7 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 55.6 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
Samsung M3 Portable 4TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 427GB free, PID 61b7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 86.7 Mixed 6.04 66% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.35 45% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 71%
Samsung M3 Station 2TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 197GB free, PID 60f3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 34.8 44% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GKH400UD25608-1600 2x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 15.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

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