Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 153 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 387 41% 328 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39.3 37% 43 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 158 143 143 144 143 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56% Above average	Read 219 Write 212 Mixed 181 SusWrite 141 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 34.4 115% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 47.5 40% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 108%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 233GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 61 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 57.8 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 60.4 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 163GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 64 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 63.5 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 63.2 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 6 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $244

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