Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	89.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 488 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 48.1 30% 41.3 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 27.2 26% 31.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 78 74 78 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 480 Write 416 Mixed 423 SusWrite 135 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 45.8 147% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 128%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 100 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 120 123 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 11.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 90%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GBAdataBench 52%, 28 samples	11x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,060

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16