Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.4% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 above expectations (65^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 532 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83AE) 1GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 15.6 14% 18.3 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 22.7 19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 216 220 221 223 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 288 Write 228 Mixed 209 SusWrite 216 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 28.7 93% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 41.4 36% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $397

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16