Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.5% 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	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Gold G5400-$55 15,354 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 106 2-Core 162 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 252 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 73%

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: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 40.9 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 9.8 8.6 59 77 12 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 217 Write 86 Mixed 79 SusWrite 42.5 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 9.5 41% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 874GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 181 184 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 181 Mixed 101 SusWrite 182 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
VendorCo ProductCode 32GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 30GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 13 9.3 8.6 9.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 17.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 11.1 17% 14 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,603 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 96%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

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