Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.4% 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	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3550 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1366-pin LGA, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 83.8 2-Core 160 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 406 47% 363 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8349) 1.5GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 924 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 26.1 18% 29.5 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 24.3 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 100 109 101 96 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 223 Write 181 Mixed 189 SusWrite 106 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 25.9 80% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 90.2 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 160 114% 142 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	7.54% Terrible	Read 31.4 Write 11.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 8.2 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

CPU
Xeon X5672IntelBench 72%, 271 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	1x

SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	1x

RAM
26GBUnknownBench 38%, 356 samples	1x

Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $198

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