Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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)
Boot Drive	69.9% 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 149 58% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 328 43% 322 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 1 Parallax 33.1 29% 23.3 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 35.3 Splatting 29.5 25% 30.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 103 78 75 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 371 Write 368 Mixed 288 SusWrite 118 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 32.6 103% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 318 248% 340 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 517GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 100 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 83 SusWrite 99.7 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 10.2 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	39x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

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