Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	251% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 631 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1896 MHz, MLim: 2009 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 59.1 2% 42.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 52.6 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,660 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,401 389% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.1 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 23.5 75% 165 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 236%
Amd-raid ST3500312CS 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 931GB free Firmware: SC13 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 105 Write 18.8 Mixed 28.6 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.52 113% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 45%
Amd-raid WDC WD5000AUDX-5 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	Read 96.8 Write 16.4 Mixed 33 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 67%
USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	9.39% Terrible	Read 36.4 Write 6.68 Mixed 11.7 18% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.66 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 1.25 78% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.39% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x4GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 37 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	21x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	14x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	12x

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $482

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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