Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 400 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 79%

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: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 42.5 36% 43 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 87 74 77 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 457 Write 444 Mixed 353 SusWrite 98.2 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 30.5 127% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 113 139% 246 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 4GB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	2.81% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 4.3 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 4.3 6% 4.53 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.81% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	41x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $624

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