Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 443 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 75 Parallax 65.6 55% 69.4 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 58.6 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 91 93 92 81 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 383 Write 138 Mixed 207 SusWrite 91.4 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 34.9 130% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 130 127% 210 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 110%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1GB free Firmware: 2.08 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 391 Write 184 Mixed 195 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 33.4 124% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 116 115% 187 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 17GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 81 77 80 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 80.3 Write 76.3 Mixed 56 SusWrite 80.5 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

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