Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.4% 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 552 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 070E) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 1.75 4% 4.98 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 3.73 Splatting 5.52 5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNH128GCST 128GB 1,729 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTGAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 121 198 134 266 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 476 Write 438 Mixed 417 SusWrite 202 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 39 124% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 271 201% 271 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
Transcend TS512GSSD230S 512GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 365GB free Firmware: S0423A SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 432 413 427 419 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 422 Mixed 400 SusWrite 423 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 52.8 175% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 120 155% 279 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 111%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 87GB free Firmware: Q1018C4N SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 442 422 444 424 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 431 Mixed 402 SusWrite 429 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.1 156% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 293 234% 326 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-026.A00LF 1x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 30%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 96%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 80%

Battleship

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	2x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	2x

RAM
9965525-116.A00LF 4x8GBKingstonBench 59%, 86 samples	5x
9965525-138.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 230 samples	3x
9965413-013.A01LF 9905458-009.A00LF 9965525-008.A00LF 9905458-009.A00LF 12GBKingstonBench 48%, 2 samples	2x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $440

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16