Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.7% 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	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 127 62% 97.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 298 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 2960) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 25.2 22% 22.5 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 21 Splatting 19 15% 17.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 66 65 66 66 35 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 221 Write 209 Mixed 208 SusWrite 59.2 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 30.4 98% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 43.9 35% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 129%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 148GB free Firmware: 2CV102G9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 65 67 66 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 212 Write 73.7 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 60.2 21% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 10.3 31% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 10.5 10% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 579GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 110 114 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 112 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $468

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