Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	80.4% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$95 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 88 2-Core 183 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 318 43% 319 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 31.7 19% 27.2 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 25 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 181 62 44 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 425 Write 460 Mixed 347 SusWrite 107 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 40.1 133% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 226 202% 305 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 46GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 141 201 154 178 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 376 Write 437 Mixed 371 SusWrite 168 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 41.6 134% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 160 159% 259 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 450%
Ct2000mx 50 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 273 256 287 278 284 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78% Very good	Read 542 Write 415 Mixed 371 SusWrite 267 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 22.9 106% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 101 100% 161 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 15.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	104x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $247