Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.81% 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	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 970 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 48 2-Core 88.4 45% 69.3 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 205 26% 200 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1145) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Lighting 9.17 Reflection 8.85 Parallax 3.09 8% 7.04 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 6.04 6% 6.88 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 57 39 54 47 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 152 Write 120 Mixed 145 SusWrite 56.3 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 13.2 54% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 20.4 29% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 878GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 72 63 79 59 86 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 137 Write 135 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 74 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JP4OA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 134 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 132 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $440

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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