Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 57 2-Core 114 57% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 215 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 68 Parallax 61.1 53% 64.8 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 58.3 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 243GB free Firmware: MU01 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 508 Write 448 Mixed 457 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 17.3 92% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 62.9 44% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 111%
Micron_M550_MTFDDAT064MAY 64GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 93GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 82GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 79.5 73% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.57 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 15.7 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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