Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.4% 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	3.37% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 101 59% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 369 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 19.5 18% 22.1 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 23 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 35 29 16 19 9.9 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.37% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 158 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 23.3 12% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 87%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 105 106 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 66 SusWrite 103 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G4M1 NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G4M1 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.3% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 31%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

RAM
NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 41%, 938 samples	42x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 42%, 2,488 samples	31x
EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GBElpidaBench 40%, 1,380 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $488

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