Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.6% 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	83.4% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 204 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 539 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 37.5 25% 32.5 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 33.3 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 126 123 115 120 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 198 Mixed 204 SusWrite 123 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 36.9 147% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 107 121% 211 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 110%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 176GB free Firmware: Z33080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 165 104 205 102 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 474 Write 164 Mixed 378 SusWrite 160 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.2 117% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 13.1 68% 151 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1TB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 621GB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 33 Mixed 26 SusWrite 36.9 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C7 2x4GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 56%

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

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	34x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	27x

Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $475

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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