Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 169 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 485 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 59.3 54% 63.8 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 52.6 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 118 116 112 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 365 Write 138 Mixed 190 SusWrite 115 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 25.3 86% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 144 110% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 83%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 131 147 139 133 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 419 Write 150 Mixed 194 SusWrite 133 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 25.2 87% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 159 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 122GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 59 69 83 98 69 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 96.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 67 SusWrite 77.3 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 6x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 9.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	19x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $881

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