Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.2% 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	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 361 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 23.9 Parallax 31.2 20% 26.6 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 25 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 128GB 2,222 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117H SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 404 435 347 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 449 Mixed 427 SusWrite 292 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 40.1 150% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 214 166% 222 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%
Apacer AS350 512GB 5,144 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 112GB free Firmware: V1.2.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 245 256 259 258 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 473 Mixed 444 SusWrite 248 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 38.4 141% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 324 233% 298 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 107%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 80 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 101 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 77.8 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-074.A00LF 99U5471-020.A00LF 99U5403-074.A00LF 9905471-021.A00LF 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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