Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.5% 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	78.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3-$256 2,019 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 176 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 380 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

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: 460.89 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.5% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 59.2 44% 60.4 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 53.3 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 86 81 78 80 77 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 448 Write 187 Mixed 230 SusWrite 87 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.8 147% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 169 139% 204 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 115 115 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 128 Write 106 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	114x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	83x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	37x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	23x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $387

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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