Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	49.5% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 690 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0F9394
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 19:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5365 504 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 34.3 2-Core 69.2 38% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 263 24% 201 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 63.4 49% 63.8 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 55 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Dell VIRTUAL DISK 146GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 34 33 33 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 67 Write 31.7 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 32.2 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 98%
Dell VIRTUAL DISK 1TB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 492GB free Firmware: 1028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 36 39 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 126 Write 27.5 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 38 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 7.2 18% 6.13 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 4.8 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 148%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples	6x
CPU: Intel Xeon X53551stBench 42%, 426 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16