Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (37%). 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
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 152 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 249 35% 256 Pts	64-Core 250 15% 250 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 36.3 36% 40.1 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 33.1 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 86 52 51 46 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 447 Write 350 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 86.3 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 32.7 121% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 64.3 116% 228 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 91%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 799GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 142 144 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 141 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.M16FA 1x8GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	100x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	185x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	27x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $273

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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