Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 177 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 255 36% 264 Pts	64-Core 259 16% 259 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1677 MHz, MLim: 1922 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.1% Poor	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 68.9 6% 51 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 61.8 57% 71.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 81 93 93 89 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 86.6 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 12GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	18x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $493

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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