Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 149 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 404 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 38.5 36% 42.3 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 35.3 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 843GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 50 40 55 79 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 83 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 53.6 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 51 42 56 79 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 111 Write 88.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 54.8 50% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 15.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $244

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