Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 658 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 61.3 0% 41.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 55 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 128GB-$37 920 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 42 64 70 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 287 Mixed 201 SusWrite 69.1 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.3 189% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 185 162% 244 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 643GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 148 145 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 158 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 148 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 10,940 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

Yacht

SSD
Premier SP550 120GBAdata $45Bench 76%, 22,057 samples	172x
SP600 128GBAdataBench 73%, 8,600 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	292x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	87x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $462

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