Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	29.8% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 106 49% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 203 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 55%

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: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 41.2 41% 45.8 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 37.8 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 148 175 165 87 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 164 Write 66.2 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 117 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 10.6 50% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 32 DQ Mixed 12.7 14% 22.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	90x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

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