Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.9% 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)
Boot Drive	30% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 67 1-Core 41.7 2-Core 63.9 39% 57.5 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 228 20% 167 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 58.1 47% 59.4 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 49.4 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 76 33 26 76 87 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30% Below average	Read 77.3 Write 211 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 70.6 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 10.8 50% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 16 54% 118 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 150 152 150 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 127 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 150 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 114%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 7 7.6 7.5 6.6 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 4.8 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6.9 9% 7.03 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	50x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $358

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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