Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 54.5 2-Core 108 55% 84.1 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 217 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.2 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 118 125 124 84 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 311 Write 147 Mixed 189 SusWrite 111 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 32.4 124% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 39.1 38% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 109 110 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 98.7 Write 87.7 Mixed 76 SusWrite 110 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 12.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

Raft

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $499

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