Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.7% 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.

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 606 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2715) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 22.8 12% 18.5 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 12.5 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 299 262 275 279 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 556 Write 388 Mixed 336 SusWrite 302 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 25.6 99% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 114 122% 217 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 236%
OCZ VERTEX-PLUS 60GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 43GB free Firmware: 3.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 79 81 82 81 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 156 Write 83.1 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 81 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 6.7 39% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 8.5 11% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 36%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 134 141 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 142 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 35.7 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	20x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	14x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $457

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