Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	23% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 157 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 403 46% 360 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 8746) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 18.9 15% 18.7 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 0.3 9% 12 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 119 33 130 26 78 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23% Poor	Read 152 Write 95.2 Mixed 80 SusWrite 87.2 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 9.3 36% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 14.7 12% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 615GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 132 133 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 131 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
CE80CE80 M378B5273CH0-CH9 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	1x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
Blue 3D 500GBWD $67Bench 97%, 43,442 samples	1x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 8GBCE80CE80Bench 38%, 13 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16