Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.8% 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	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5460-$190 10,360 User benchmarks, average bench 52% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 112 50% 81 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 223 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 856C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 37 36% 40.8 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 33.2 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 65 59 65 63 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.6% Average	Read 206 Write 69.5 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 63.6 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 24.7 103% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 34.7 30% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 70%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 162GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 132 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 83.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 132 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 45%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	79x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	32x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	28x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	10x

Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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