Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.7% 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	22.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 as expected (56^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 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 74 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 151 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 210 28% 210 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 31 33% 36.6 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.4 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX-PLUS 60GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 138 Write 87.3 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 78.3 21% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 7.1 38% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 9.1 DQ Mixed 7.5 7% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 36%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: 0002LIM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 134 133 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 110 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 134 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 77%
HP External HDD 999GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 130GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 20 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 25 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.5% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.1 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.3 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	2x

SSD
LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GBLiteonitBench 78%, 3,907 samples	3x
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	1x
C400 RealSSD 128GBMicronBench 56%, 11,312 samples	1x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $70

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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