Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 24% 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 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.5% 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	47.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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
Intel Xeon X5570-$70 1,343 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1366-pin LGA, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 159 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 386 40% 321 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1596 MHz, MLim: 1795 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42.3 41% 46.8 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 74 75 74 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 238 Write 78.7 Mixed 118 SusWrite 73 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 28.6 93% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 95.1 70% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 264GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 106 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM 15h Reserved 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 12.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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