Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34% 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	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 72.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 759 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 46.6 Parallax 41 36% 43.8 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36.3 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 120GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQE1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 170 166 158 165 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 424 Write 227 Mixed 277 SusWrite 178 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 37 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 181 162% 242 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 240GB 6,527 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free Firmware: SBFA12.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 100 97 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 212 Mixed 347 SusWrite 140 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 38.6 152% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 192 170% 254 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.CAGPP.B7C0B 1x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 46%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 37,078 samples	3x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	2x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $192

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