Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.4% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 V2-$368 2,442 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 182 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 423 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 46 Parallax 40.7 40% 45.3 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 391 380 392 385 419 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 437 Mixed 377 SusWrite 367 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 42.1 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 359GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 47 50 51 47 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 112 Write 45 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 52.6 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 519GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 172 172 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 150 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 164 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2800 C12 4x4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

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