Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.61% 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	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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 (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 528 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3537) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.61% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 19.4 Parallax 11.1 9% 13.8 fps	MRender 16.6 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 11.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 259 265 266 317 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 305 Write 187 Mixed 195 SusWrite 279 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 17.5 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 51.4 41% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 102%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 153 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.M16 1x8GB 2,935 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	87x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

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