Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30% 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	26.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E31280 472 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 154 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 362 40% 318 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Poor	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 37.2 31% 38.4 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 35.8 Splatting 31.3 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 31 8.3 72 50 35 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.7% Poor	Read 204 Write 103 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 62.6 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 10.9 46% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 12.8 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 14.9 12% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 100%
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB 34,043 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 231GB free Firmware: S8H40104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 549 766 749 755 783 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,071 Write 871 Mixed 843 SusWrite 663 193% 862 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 24.9 129% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 612 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 497 359% 472 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 633GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 183 181 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 164 Mixed 77 SusWrite 178 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 89C2 KRE-D3U1600M/4G 8325 FLFF65F-C8KL9 89C2 KRE-D3U1600M/4G 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 12.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 984 samples	7x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 6,123 samples	4x
KHX1600C10D3/4G C2N40-0006-QBEX. KHX1600C10D3/4G 12GBKingstonBench 44%, 6 samples	3x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $422

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