Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.1% 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	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (74^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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 148 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 366 41% 322 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1584) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 31.4 23% 34.2 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 31.8 26% 32.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 210 208 209 210 209 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	49.2% Average	Read 191 Write 218 Mixed 184 SusWrite 199 45% 198 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 25.9 87% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 26.7 28% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 91%
Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB-$50 993 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 463GB free Firmware: HA431DD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 63 Write 72 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 66.6 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 125% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 16 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $177

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