Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.7% 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	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Ncstech STRATUS-MT-G429 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gigabyte Q77M-D2H
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '23 at 09:18
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 168 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 275 35% 266 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.7% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 42.6 33% 41.8 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 33.3 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 38 48 61 77 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 452 Write 36 Mixed 110 SusWrite 62.6 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 5.1 43% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 2.2 30% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 194GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 89 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 87.8 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP4T2F-MIN Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	2x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $84Bench 53%, 21,990 samples	1x
TS120GSSD220S 120GBTranscendBench 70%, 8,401 samples	1x
SD8SBBU120G1122 120GBSandiskBench 47%, 2,087 samples	1x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 1,675 samples	1x
99U5471-054.A00LF 4x8GBKingstonBench 56%, 1,249 samples	1x
F3-10666CL9-8GBNT Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBUnknownBench 46%, 9 samples	1x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $350

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16