Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	50% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 160 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 342 37% 294 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 18.7 17% 19.7 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 11.6 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 50 55 30 38 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Above average	Read 124 Write 61.9 Mixed 120 SusWrite 61.7 20% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 28.8 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 11.1 56% 127 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 345GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 98.9 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 116 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 238GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 99.9 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 13.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	15x
SD8TB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 73%, 213 samples	12x
FTM1TN325H 1TBBench 70%, 177 samples	11x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 24GBSamsungBench 51%, 13 samples	13x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 6x2GBSamsungBench 50%, 43 samples	11x
KP223C-ELD 6x2GBKingstonBench 52%, 31 samples	9x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $379

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16