Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35.9% 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	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 56.6 2-Core 91 45% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 153 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 39.6 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.1 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH6-CE240-L1 240GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 39 71 59 65 65 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.7% Below average	Read 150 Write 116 Mixed 123 SusWrite 69 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 23 67% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 35.7 30% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 116 116 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 116 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1600D364L11/4G 2x4GB 464 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $215

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