Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 468 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3552) 2GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 44.4 26% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 33.5 30% 37.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 28 31 33 36 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 54% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 310GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 140 139 140 136 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 137 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A 4x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 99%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $573

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16