Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 4GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5650 13,757 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 135 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 419 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 38.1 37% 42.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 70 18 61 90 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 71.1 58% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MXIC 25L8005 37GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 4266, 33 MHz 4096, 33792 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 44%

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

RAM
MXIC 25L8005 41GBUnknownBench 36%, 466 samples	193x
MXIC 25L8005 37GBUnknownBench 37%, 309 samples	87x
25L8005 1x33GBMXICBench 23%, 218 samples	55x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

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