Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Pentium G860-$73 1,940 User benchmarks, average bench 35% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	SC Int 77.7 SC Float 79 SC Mixed 76.1 62% 77.6 Pts	QC Int 152 QC Float 153 QC Mixed 153 35% 153 Pts	MC Int 154 MC Float 150 MC Mixed 154 23% 153 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 38%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 50,002 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36DF) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 108 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 95.3 32% 95.9 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 71.6 35% 82.3 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 11,268 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 59 69 95 95 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 27.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 35.9 SusWrite 73.6 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 40,064 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 450GB free Firmware: AM0P1D SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 104 105 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 101 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD32G13332 2x2GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 53,081 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 197,815 samples	11x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 56,073 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 290,212 samples	16x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $39Bench 53%, 158,504 samples	5x
520 Series 120GBIntel $91Bench 74%, 9,131 samples	3x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 8,706 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 37,515 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GBKingstonBench 59%, 5,109 samples	3x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $520

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12