Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.2%, 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	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 61.5 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 126 52% 87.8 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 369 39% 312 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41.9 39% 45.5 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 100 111 93 102 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 217 Write 136 Mixed 167 SusWrite 100 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 37.2 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 122 94% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 206GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 102 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 91.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 102 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,048x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	457x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	426x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16