Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	30.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2-$345 4,997 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 137 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 464 42% 355 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3682) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.9% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 55.5 40% 56.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 0.2 28% 39.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 25 24 24 23 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.1% Below average	Read 224 Write 47.2 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 24.3 19% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 14.3 54% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 31.6 DQ Mixed 42.9 39% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Series 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 143GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 377 411 375 397 425 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 416 Write 425 Mixed 376 SusWrite 395 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 36.3 116% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 337 254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 4x2GB 1,331 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 15 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	51x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 2,354 samples	21x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	21x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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