Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 493 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1970) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 57.8 51% 61.7 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 54.3 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 134 151 151 149 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 330 Write 147 Mixed 195 SusWrite 139 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 29 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 127 97% 131 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 1x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 8 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 38%

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	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $942

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16