Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	29.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 164 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 420 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 58.2 40% 46.3 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 48.8 Splatting 41.1 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 33 27 2.3 73 41 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.3% Poor	Read 232 Write 210 Mixed 186 SusWrite 60.2 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 8.5 41% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 26 37% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS725050B7E630 500GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 143 143 143 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 124 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 144 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 16.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 57%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $350

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