Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 354 40% 312 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 77.3 52% 70.8 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 43.2 43% 53.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Volume1 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 169 106 176 185 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 200 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 156 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 124%
Volume0:1 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 695GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 179 174 181 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 183 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 387GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 108 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 109 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $377

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16