Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 199 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 604 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2501) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 24.8 16% 21.1 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 21 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 170 177 120 183 200 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 386 Write 163 Mixed 219 SusWrite 166 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 33.9 113% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 232 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 317GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 120 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 94 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 95.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 93.6 56% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron 16JTF51264AZ- 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.8% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,091 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 411 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	5x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $920

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