Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$170 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 171 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 425 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 41.7 28% 35.9 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 36.3 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 158 134 118 110 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.1% Above average	Read 229 Write 221 Mixed 185 SusWrite 140 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 29.3 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 158 129% 182 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 112 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 111 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 45%

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

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16