Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 159 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 404 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0557) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 5.44 10% 8.96 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 9.57 Splatting 7.04 7% 8.77 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 203 199 199 203 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 347 Write 202 Mixed 213 SusWrite 191 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 18.6 64% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 130 98% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 114 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 114 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $187

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