Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.6% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 77.3 44% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 157 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2661) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 31.6 21% 26.9 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 25.6 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3879 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (A5) Unknown 100 100 584161952397 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 359 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 45 236223201334 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 932016292057 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2139 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6127 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3792 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7978 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.1% Below average	Read 248 Write 182 Mixed 118 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 4.97 51% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 54.9 DQ Mixed 5.1 14% 28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Toshiba ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Hitachi GU512303EP0202 ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Hitachi GU512303EP0202 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 13 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	21x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	4x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	4x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 GU502203EP0201 GU512303EP0202 GU502203EP0201 6GBHitachiBench 31%, 138 samples	8x
GU512303EP0202 4x2GBHitachiBench 37%, 282 samples	6x
GU512303EP0202 4x2GBUnknownBench 37%, 604 samples	5x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $73

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