Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.2% 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	83.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 90 2-Core 156 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 229 31% 229 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 38.3 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 41.8 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 34 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 226 220 221 221 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 414 Write 258 Mixed 275 SusWrite 216 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 35.2 135% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 253 197% 272 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 95%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.2 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 427GB free Firmware: 1306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 89 89 89 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 75.7 Mixed 57 SusWrite 88 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-532.A00LF 2x4GB 676 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,969 samples	5x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	5x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $227

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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