Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.8% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 112 54% 86.5 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 205 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 45.9 39% 46.8 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 323 337 342 345 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 453 Write 328 Mixed 229 SusWrite 287 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 12.5 73% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 81.1 94% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 83GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 137 153 174 181 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 166 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11- BLT8G3D1608DT F3-17000CL11- 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	16x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	16x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	10x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	12x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	12x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	7x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x
500GB SATA SSD 500GBPNYBench 79%, 421 samples	7x
Vertex 4 128GBOCZ $215Bench 88%, 19,372 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 52%, 1,736 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	5x
8GBH2X04F1AA2 2x8GBUnknownBench 45%, 412 samples	4x

Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $126

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16