Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	42.5% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 104 45% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 166 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Palit(1569 1004) 3GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 51.1 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 67.7 42% 55 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 44.9 44% 55 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 181 186 172 170 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 301 Write 219 Mixed 212 SusWrite 166 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 28.3 106% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 222 165% 219 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 95%
Seagate ST3320311CS 320GB 7,178 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 202GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 78 79 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 77 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 76.2 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 105GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 60 61 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 61 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 59.3 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.7 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

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