Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 622 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 4263) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 22 13% 18.5 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 16.2 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 474 487 488 477 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 461 Mixed 381 SusWrite 464 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 46.5 167% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 351 269% 364 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 237GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 427 429 425 425 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 460 Mixed 273 SusWrite 421 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.4 174% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 260 222% 327 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $509

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