Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.6% 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	104% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 469 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 88.8 0% 50.4 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 55 Splatting 78.3 55% 65.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 199 197 201 203 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 302 SusWrite 208 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48 185% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 271 222% 319 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 571GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 137 141 149 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 143 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 142 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 450GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 143 144 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 144 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	58x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	57x
PSD44G213381 2x4GBPatriotBench 71%, 1,250 samples	48x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $368

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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