Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.9% 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	84.2% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2960XM 863 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 177 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 363 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8950 608 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Dell(1028 04A4) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 27.2 18% 26.2 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 29.1 21% 24.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 292 296 298 298 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 439 Write 429 Mixed 374 SusWrite 310 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 30.4 101% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 124%
VM0500EBQHB 500GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 444GB free Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 91 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 91.2 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 665GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 124 124 123 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 146 Write 102 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 124 123% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451S6MFR8C-PB M471B5273CH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples	238x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples	91x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	89x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	8x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 45%, 359 samples	15x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GBHynixBench 45%, 20 samples	13x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $113

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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