Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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	89.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '22 at 07:22
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 215 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 422 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.7 38% 45.7 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 99 99 101 104 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 442 Write 332 Mixed 317 SusWrite 116 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.9 167% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 235 194% 281 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 188 188 191 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 186 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G4D1 2x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	23x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $783

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16