Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 84.5 2-Core 163 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 421 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 47.9 Parallax 42.5 38% 45.6 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA500CM10003 500GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 244 250 250 249 250 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.3% Very good	Read 257 Write 250 Mixed 248 SusWrite 233 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 37.7 122% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 193 145% 193 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 136%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 24GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 80 79 80 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 79.8 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 15.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $318

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