Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2670QM-$200 51,169 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 140 61% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 270 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 23.5 21% 25.3 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 54.6 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 192 208 214 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 355 Write 268 Mixed 277 SusWrite 202 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 26.5 92% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 234 183% 251 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 91%
Philips USB Flash Drive 32GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 24GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 1.2 3.4 1.5 4.5 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Read 16 Write 0.2 Mixed 2 SusWrite 2.4 4% 5.15 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	61x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	44x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	13x

RAM
HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 6GBHynixBench 38%, 426 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	14x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 6GBHynixBench 40%, 239 samples	6x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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