Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.2% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 66.5 2-Core 130 60% 96 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 336 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 43 42% 47.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 39.4 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 214 218 215 217 220 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.2% Good	Read 230 Write 223 Mixed 200 SusWrite 217 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 38.2 124% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 50.1 42% 58 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 94 90 84 88 90 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 189 Write 163 Mixed 162 SusWrite 92.3 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 27.9 95% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 58 65% 111 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 111%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 390GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 76 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 80.5 Write 94.8 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 76.4 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%

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 below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.9% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $377

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