Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 162 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 498 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 8C91) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 40.4 34% 42.3 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 35.6 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 430 Mixed 432 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 47.8 156% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 132 161% 284 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 29 32 35 36 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 15.9 Write 65.9 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 34.8 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 1x16GB 1,752 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 43%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $899

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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