Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 517 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 89.3 81% 95.2 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 76.7 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 155 160 161 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 353 Write 158 Mixed 207 SusWrite 160 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 147 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 189 190 185 188 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 188 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31.1 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 73%, 416 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 4x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 441 samples	19x

Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $812

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