Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '16 at 15:20
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 572 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5435 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 59.7 52% 64.1 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 60 Splatting 55.2 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNOW 30GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: AJXA0202 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 161 Write 44.9 Mixed 71.9 20% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 5.73 41% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 25.7 DQ Mixed 5.35 8% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC45 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.56 128% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	54x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	15x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $333

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