Intel S3420GP

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.2% 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	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Intel S3420GP (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091217
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3450 3,425 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 132 58% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 309 33% 262 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 39.6 37% 42.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.4 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 107709189855342 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 10809 (BE) vendor-specific 42 49 51542818858 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 133651 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133651 (F2) Unknown 100 100 158685 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20291	41.7% Average	Read 260 Write 128 Mixed 176 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 15.9 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 39.4 38% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 898GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 168 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 989 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 911 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.4 133% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 25.2 Mixed 27.2 35% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.22 50% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 59%

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Typical S3420GP Builds (Compare 35 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Intel S3420GP

CPU
Xeon X3440IntelBench 65%, 6,034 samples	13x
Xeon X3430IntelBench 61%, 4,096 samples	9x
Xeon X3450IntelBench 66%, 3,425 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 240GBGigabyte $30Bench 73%, 20,238 samples	3x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	3x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	2x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	4x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $89

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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