Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 488 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gainward(10B0 1183) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 39.6 25% 34.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 26.6 27% 34.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 448 Mixed 367 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 43.8 140% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 23GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 48 48 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 41.9 Write 52.8 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 48.4 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS PRO 268GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 236GB free, PID 0153 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	1.25% Terrible	Read 3.3 Write 1 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 1.6 2% 1.93 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.25% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 104%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16