Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 441 55% 420 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.28 7% 8.6 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 10.1 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 340 348 356 360 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 331 Mixed 243 SusWrite 339 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14.6 113% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 87.3 109% 190 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 241GB free Firmware: SD23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 93 95 94 89 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 90.2 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 91.5 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 31 31 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 31.9 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 30 41% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x4GB 8,035 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	686x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	476x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	353x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	752x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	321x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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