Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 490 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 87.8 76% 88.7 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 74.7 73% 91.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD G3 Series 120GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 86 82 82 86 81 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 130 SusWrite 86 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 23.7 87% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 108 76% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 61%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 8.5TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 29 26 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 222 Write 24.3 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 25.5 52% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 200%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	28x

Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $508

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16