Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 100 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 486 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 38.7 37% 42.2 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 72GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 193 200 116 60 59 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.9% Above average	Read 185 Write 225 Mixed 202 SusWrite 133 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 25.4 101% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 139 118% 173 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC92 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 47 50 51 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 80.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 45.1 47% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 822GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 161 169 171 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 171 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 164 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $849

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