Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.4% 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	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 132 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 196 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.4% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 42.3 37% 47.9 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 51.4 45% 54.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 397 428 448 453 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 433 Mixed 340 SusWrite 414 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 61.3 203% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 164 159 159 161 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 86.5 Write 140 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 160 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 226% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 543GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 177 177 174 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 106 Mixed 85 SusWrite 175 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	205x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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