Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.8% 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	43.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 510 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 21.8 13% 21.9 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 16 Splatting 25.9 19% 22.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 236 232 236 131 81 MB/s Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.1% Average	Read 255 Write 232 Mixed 229 SusWrite 190 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 1.1 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 24.3 46% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 92%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 167GB free Firmware: LSTi SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 165 165 153 161 157 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.6% Good	Read 222 Write 195 Mixed 198 SusWrite 158 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 27 112% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 129 112% 164 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 188 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 178 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 188 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 83%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	41x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	34x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $624

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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