Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28% 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	21.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 131 62% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 318 34% 269 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2328) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 44.9 30% 39.3 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 22.9 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Maxtor 6L160M0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFME1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 49 40 74 34 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 150 Write 87.4 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 56 20% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 7.6 37% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 9.2 9% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 24%
Patriot Burst 164GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 66GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 57 59 57 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.5% Below average	Read 62 Write 59.9 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 57.3 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 34%
WD WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 58 57 59 58 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 67.4 Write 69.2 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 57.4 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 13 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	24x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	15x
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	7x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $326

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16