Thirdwave Prime Series

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Thirdwave Prime Series (all builds)
Motherboard	ASRock B75M
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120523
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '21 at 00:43
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 162 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 271 36% 269 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.5% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 36.5 21% 35.8 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 30.2 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 97 64 44 73 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 422 Write 314 Mixed 238 SusWrite 91.1 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 19.6 35% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 86.1 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 190 133% 163 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 87%
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3,989 Write 4,125 Mixed 3,901 896% 4,005 MB/s	4K Read 386 4K Write 327 4K Mixed 325 1,175% 346 MB/s	DQ Read 1,321 DQ Write 1,125 DQ Mixed 1,150 882% 1,199 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 436GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 102 110 102 108 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 76.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 103 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 74%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 1TB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 813GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 37.8 Mixed 30 SusWrite 34.5 47% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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System: Thirdwave Prime Series

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	16x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	13x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	7x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x
MTFDDAK512TDL 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 50 samples	3x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	5x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 5,657 samples	4x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	4x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $700

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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