Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	44.6% 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	23.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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)	66.9% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 330 37% 292 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8509) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.6% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 66 Parallax 56.7 44% 58.7 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 52.1 47% 57.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Maxtor 6L160M0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFME1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 32 34 89 22 32 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.9% Poor	Read 131 Write 88.3 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 43.4 19% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 9.3 49% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 47.3 DQ Mixed 8.9 14% 26.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 24%
Patriot Burst 164GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 54GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 44 39 39 46 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.2% Poor	Read 52.9 Write 61.3 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 44.6 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 34%
WD WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 45 39 41 47 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 105 Write 96.6 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 45.3 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 151% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	24.6% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.4 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 46%

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16