Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.7% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 Xeon W3690-$990 4,808 User benchmarks, average bench 77% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 601 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 52.7 34% 41.8 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 37.7 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SisteminisRAID 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 51 40 44 41 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	Read 325 Write 65.9 Mixed 108 SusWrite 54.5 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 9.7 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 29.6 DQ Mixed 76.6 62% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 63%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 224 223 225 141 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 328 Write 222 Mixed 218 SusWrite 188 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 27.7 91% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 210 155% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 104%
Seagate ST31000526SV 1TB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 351GB free Firmware: VC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 110 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 19.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 13 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Jet ski

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $409

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