Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.5% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 511 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 8390) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 19.4 18% 22.2 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 23.6 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 380 380 386 378 376 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 410 Mixed 336 SusWrite 379 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 32.6 112% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 348 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 137 141 142 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 99.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 139 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 114%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 50 51 51 50 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 120 Write 35.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 50.8 65% 58 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 98% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-001.A01LF 4x2GB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	88x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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