Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 above expectations (70^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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 96 2-Core 169 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 472 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 26.1 23% 23.1 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 19.7 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 87 99 96 100 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 359 Write 149 Mixed 210 SusWrite 94.3 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 15.1 80% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.5 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 29.6 43% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 323GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 28 27 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 112 Write 31 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 27.4 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 85 SusWrite 97.7 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 6 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 21.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 14.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $289

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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