Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	38.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 93.5 49% 74.9 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 165 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.2 42% 46.8 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38.4 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 117 73 102 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 123 Mixed 59 SusWrite 102 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	12x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	11x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	10x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $311

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