Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 217 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 574 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.19 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 356 298 354 339 353 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 349 Mixed 300 SusWrite 343 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.6 164% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 256 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 191 196 198 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 208 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 197 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 128 169 135 145 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 135 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M391B5173QH0-YK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M391B5173QH0-YK0 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	59x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	32x
HD Graphics P4600IntelBench 3%, 2,141 samples	26x

RAM
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples	17x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	12x
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	12x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $196

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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