Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.4% 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	122% 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	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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 843 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.46 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 7.25 7% 8.62 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 8.8 Splatting 10.1 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 298 Mixed 476 161% 747 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 18.2 130% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 18 54% 115 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 147%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 35.3 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	72x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	55x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $498

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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