Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 689 63% 530 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3657) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 122 Parallax 131 113% 130 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 108 Splatting 94 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 165 175 184 162 158 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 444 Write 241 Mixed 178 SusWrite 176 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 23.9 94% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 77.3 119% 229 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 90%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 215GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 199 81 83 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 439 Write 445 Mixed 408 SusWrite 150 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 41.8 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 339 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 1002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 106 106 107 106 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 105 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 36.4 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	130x

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $530

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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