Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.1% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 171 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 412 46% 365 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 50.9 28% 41.2 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 26.3 25% 30.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 119 125 133 132 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 188 Write 69.2 Mixed 165 SusWrite 129 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 26.9 87% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 33.5 31% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 111 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $244

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